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Find & Explore Games API

What it does

GameBrain lets you search for games, fetch full game details, get similar titles, and pull related news in one place. Send a game ID or a search query, and get back structured game metadata that you can use in catalogs, recommendation features, storefronts, or content pages.

Use Search Games to query by text and refine results with filters, sorting, offset, and limit. The response includes matching games plus total counts, sorting details, active filters, and optional filter and sorting options. Get Game Details returns the fields you need for a single title, including name, link, tags, genre, image, x_url, genres, offers, rating, themes, videos, gameplay, playtime, developer, platforms, play_modes, description, screenshots, release_date, micro_trailer, official_stores, short_description, and adult_only.

When you need discovery data, Get Similar Games returns a results list with IDs, names, years, genres, images, ratings, gameplay links, screenshots, micro trailers, adult-only flags, and short descriptions. Get Game Suggestions is a lighter lookup for autocomplete-style matching, and Get Game News returns news items with title, url, source, published date, and optional image for a game ID.

GameBrain is a fit for game search experiences, recommendation widgets, editorial tooling, and product pages that need up-to-date game metadata without scraping multiple sources.

▣ ENDPOINT 01 / 05

GET

Search Games

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Search for games with the required query parameters and return the first page of results.

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games?query=rpg%20for%20PC&offset=0&limit=10&filters=%5B%5D&sort=computed_rating&sort-order=asc&generate-filter-options=true" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with limit, query, offset, results, sorting, total_results, filter_options, sorting_options, and active_filter_options fields.

limit, offset, and total_results are integers.
query is the search string you sent.
results is an array of game objects.
sorting is an object with key and direction.
filter_options, sorting_options, and active_filter_options are arrays describing available and active filters/sorting.

{
  "sorting": { "key": null, "direction": null },
  "active_filter_options": [
    { "key": "genre", "connection": "AND", "values": [ { "match": "rpg", "value": "role_playing" } ] },
    { "key": "platform", "connection": "AND", "values": [ { "match": "pc", "value": "pc" } ] }
  ],
  "query": "rpg for pc",
  "total_results": 47198,
  "limit": 3,
  "offset": 0,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 104935, "year": 2023, "name": "Baldur's Gate 3", "genre": "Tactical Role Playing",
      "image": "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/267/baldurs_gate_3_larian_2023_93.webp",
      "link": "https://gamebrain.co/game/baldurs-gate-3",
      "rating": { "mean": 0.9589789637681159, "count": 708249 },
      "adult_only": true,
      "screenshots": [ "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/195/baldurs_gate_3_larian_2020_112.jpg" ],
      "micro_trailer": "https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256932354/microtrailer.webm",
      "gameplay": "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FXyldfVAF9A",
      "short_description": null
    }
  ],
  "sorting_options": [
    { "name": "Rating", "sort": "DESC", "key": "computed_rating" },
    { "name": "Price", "sort": "ASC", "key": "price" },
    { "name": "Release Date", "sort": "DESC", "key": "release_date" }
  ]
}

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About this endpoint

What it does

Searches for games using the provided query, paging, sorting, and filter parameters, then returns a JSON object containing the matching results plus pagination and option metadata.

Query Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
sort	String	Yes	Sort key. String up to 300 characters.
limit	Integer	Yes	Page size. Integer (`int32`). Default: `10`.
query	String	Yes	Search text. String up to 300 characters.
offset	Integer	Yes	Result offset for paging. Integer (`int32`). Default: `0`.
filters	String	Yes	Filter payload encoded as a string. String up to 3000 characters. Default: `[]`.
sort-order	ENUM	Yes	Sort direction. Allowed values: `asc`, `desc`. Default: `asc`.
generate-filter-options	Boolean	Yes	Whether to include generated filter options. Default: `true`.

Response

Returns a JSON object with pagination fields, search results, sorting metadata, and filter metadata. Top-level fields include limit and offset integers, query as a string, results as an array of game objects, sorting as an object, total_results as an integer, filter_options as an array, sorting_options as an array, and active_filter_options as an array.

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
limit	Integer	No	Page size used in the response.
query	String	No	Search text used in the response.
offset	Integer	No	Result offset used in the response.
results	Object Array	No	Matching games. Each item includes `id`, `link`, `name`, `year`, `genre`, `image`, `rating.mean`, `rating.count`, `gameplay`, `adult_only`, `screenshots`, `micro_trailer`, and `short_description`. `screenshots` is an array of URI strings with up to 100 items.
sorting	Object	No	Sorting metadata. Includes `key` and `direction`, both nullable strings.
total_results	Integer	No	Total number of matching results.
filter_options	Object Array	No	Available filter options. Each item includes `key`, `name`, and `values`; each value item includes `key`, `name`, and `count`. Both arrays are limited to 100 items.
sorting_options	Object Array	No	Available sorting options. Each item includes `key`, `name`, and `sort`. Limited to 100 items.
active_filter_options	Object Array	No	Active filter options. Each item includes `key`, `values`, and `connection`; each value item includes `match` and `value`. Both arrays are limited to 100 items.

Query parameters

Name

Type

Description

sortREQUIRED

string

—

limitREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 10

queryREQUIRED

string

—

offsetREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 0

filtersREQUIRED

string

—

DEFAULT []

sort-orderREQUIRED

string

—

DEFAULT asc

generate-filter-optionsREQUIRED

boolean

—

DEFAULT true

▣ ENDPOINT 02 / 05

GET

Get Game Suggestions

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/suggestions

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Search for games by query and limit the number of matches returned.

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/suggestions?query=gt&limit=10" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with a results array. Each item in results is an object that may include id, link, name, year, genre, image, rating (with mean and count), and adult_only.

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 123,
      "link": "https://example.com/game/123",
      "name": "Example Game",
      "year": 2024,
      "genre": "Action",
      "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
      "rating": { "mean": 4.5, "count": 120 },
      "adult_only": false
    }
  ]
}

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About this endpoint

What it does

Returns game suggestions matching a query string, limited by the requested number of results. The response contains a JSON object with a results array of game objects.

Query Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
limit	Integer	Yes	Maximum number of suggestions to return. Default: `10`.
query	String	Yes	Search text used to find matching game suggestions. Max length: `300`.

Response

Returns a JSON object with a results array field. Each item in results is an object containing id (integer), link (string), name (string), year (number), genre (string), image (string URI), rating (object with mean and count number fields), and adult_only (boolean). The results array can contain up to 100 items.

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
results	Object Array	No	Array of game suggestion objects. Each item may include: `id` — Integer `link` — String `name` — String `year` — Number `genre` — String `image` — String URI `rating` — Object with `mean` and `count` number fields `adult_only` — Boolean Maximum items: `100`.

Query parameters

Name

Type

Description

limitREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 10

queryREQUIRED

string

—

▣ ENDPOINT 03 / 05

GET

Get Game Details

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/details/:id

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Fetch a game by its numeric id path parameter.

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/details/:id" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with fields such as id (integer), link (URI), name (string), and short_description (string), along with other optional game metadata when available.

{
  "id": 104935,
  "name": "Baldur's Gate 3",
  "image": "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/267/baldurs_gate_3_larian_2023_93.webp",
  "image_aspect_ratio": 1.0,
  "gameplay": "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FXyldfVAF9A",
  "link": "https://gamebrain.co/game/baldurs-gate-3",
  "x_url": "https://twitter.com/baldursgate3",
  "rating": { "mean": 0.9589789637681159, "count": 708249, "mean_players": 0.967813, "count_players": 708180, "mean_critics": 0.9501449275362318, "count_critics": 69 },
  "description": "An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.",
  "short_description": "An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.",
  "release_date": "2023-12-08",
  "developer": "Larian Studios",
  "platforms": [ { "value": "gog_com", "name": "Gog Com" }, { "value": "pc", "name": "PC" } ],
  "genres": [ { "value": "role_playing", "name": "Role Playing" } ],
  "genre": "Tactical Role Playing",
  "adult_only": true,
  "screenshots": [ "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/195/baldurs_gate_3_larian_2020_112.jpg" ],
  "videos": [ "https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/t0uYhTLPGLQ" ],
  "twitch_videos": [ { "id": "AbnegatePlayfulPelicanVoHiYo-5roWs9yGqWTZsxot", "url": "https://www.twitch.tv/cohhcarnage/clip/AbnegatePlayfulPelicanVoHiYo-5roWs9yGqWTZsxot", "creator_name": "TheCombatantWombat", "view_count": 229815 } ],
  "offers": [ { "price": { "value": 59.99, "currency": "USD", "initial": 59.99, "discount_percent": 0.0 }, "store_name": "steam", "platform": "PC", "url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940" } ],
  "micro_trailer": "https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256932354/microtrailer.webm"
}

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About this endpoint

What it does

Retrieves the details for a single game identified by its numeric id. The response returns a JSON object containing the game’s core metadata and related collections such as tags, offers, ratings, media links, and release information.

Path Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
id	Integer	Yes	Game identifier as an `int32`.

Response

Returns a JSON object with game detail fields such as id, link, name, and several optional collections and nested objects. The success response is the game record itself, not a wrapper object.

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
id	Integer	No	Game identifier.
link	String	No	Game page URL. Format: URI.
name	String	No	Game name.
tags	String Array	No	List of tag strings. Up to 100 items.
genre	String	No	Game genre.
image	String	No	Image URL. Format: URI.
x_url	String	No	URL in URI format.
genres	Object Array	No	List of genre objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `name` and `value`.
genres[].name	String	No	Genre name.
genres[].value	String	No	Genre value.
offers	Object Array	No	List of offer objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `url`, `price`, `title`, `platform`, and `store_name`.
offers[].url	String	No	Offer URL. Format: URI.
offers[].price	Object	No	Offer price details, including nested fields `value`, `initial`, `currency`, and `discount_percent`.
offers[].price.value	Number	No	Current price value.
offers[].price.initial	Number	No	Initial price value.
offers[].price.currency	String	No	Currency code or symbol.
offers[].price.discount_percent	Number	No	Discount percentage.
offers[].title	String	No	Offer title.
offers[].platform	String	No	Platform name.
offers[].store_name	String	No	Store name.
rating	Object	No	Rating summary, including `mean`, `count`, `mean_critics`, `mean_players`, `count_critics`, and `count_players`.
rating.mean	Number	No	Average rating. Nullable.
rating.count	Integer	No	Total rating count.
rating.mean_critics	Number	No	Average critic rating. Nullable.
rating.mean_players	Number	No	Average player rating. Nullable.
rating.count_critics	Integer	No	Critic rating count.
rating.count_players	Integer	No	Player rating count.
themes	Object Array	No	List of theme objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `name` and `value`.
themes[].name	String	No	Theme name.
themes[].value	String	No	Theme value.
videos	String Array	No	List of video URLs. Format: URI. Up to 100 items.
gameplay	String	No	Gameplay URL. Format: URI.
playtime	Object	No	Playtime summary, including `max`, `min`, `mean`, `median`, `mentions`, and `percentiles`.
playtime.max	Integer	No	Maximum playtime.
playtime.min	Integer	No	Minimum playtime.
playtime.mean	Number	No	Mean playtime.
playtime.median	Integer	No	Median playtime.
playtime.mentions	Integer	No	Number of playtime mentions.
playtime.percentiles	String Array	No	Percentile values as integers. Up to 100 items.
developer	String	No	Developer name.
platforms	Object Array	No	List of platform objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `name` and `value`.
platforms[].name	String	No	Platform name.
platforms[].value	String	No	Platform value.
adult_only	Boolean	No	Indicates whether the game is adult-only.
play_modes	Object Array	No	List of play mode objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `name` and `value`.
play_modes[].name	String	No	Play mode name.
play_modes[].value	String	No	Play mode value.
description	String	No	Game description.
screenshots	String Array	No	List of screenshot URLs. Format: URI. Up to 100 items.
release_date	String	No	Release date in `date` format.
micro_trailer	String	No	Micro-trailer URL. Format: URI.
official_stores	Object Array	No	List of official store objects. Up to 100 items. Each item includes `url` and `source`.
official_stores[].url	String	No	Store URL. Format: URI.
official_stores[].source	String	No	Store source.
short_description	String	No	Short game description.
image_aspect_ratio	Number	No	Cover image aspect ratio (width/height).
twitch_videos	Object Array	No	Twitch clips referencing the game. Each item includes `id`, `url`, `embed_url`, `thumbnail_url`, `title`, `creator_name`, `view_count`, `duration`, `language`, `created_at`, `fetched_at`, `type`.

Path parameters

Name

Type

Description

idREQUIRED

integer

—

▣ ENDPOINT 04 / 05

GET

Get Similar Games

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/:id/similar

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Fetch game records for a specific id, with limit sent as a query parameter.

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/:id/similar?limit=10" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with a results array. Each item in results is an object that may include fields like id, link, name, year, genre, image, rating, gameplay, adult_only, screenshots, micro_trailer, and short_description.

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 378311,
      "year": 2017,
      "name": "Divinity: Original Sin 2",
      "genre": "Tactical Role Playing",
      "image": "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/668/divinity_original_sin_2_larian_2017_7.webp",
      "link": "https://gamebrain.co/game/divinity-original-sin-2",
      "rating": { "mean": 0.9363501136069805, "count": 89618 },
      "adult_only": true,
      "screenshots": [ "https://img.gamebrain.co/games/718/divinity_original_sin_ii_larian_2018_5.jpg" ],
      "micro_trailer": "https://video.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_trailers/435150/121883/ccbcafb42a53360716b3c81a97ef8398bb580cc0/1750530604/dash_h264.mpd",
      "gameplay": "https://video.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_trailers/435150/121883/ccbcafb42a53360716b3c81a97ef8398bb580cc0/1750530604/dash_h264.mpd",
      "short_description": null
    }
  ]
}

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About this endpoint

What it does

Returns a list of games similar to the game identified by the path id. The number of results returned is controlled by the limit query parameter.

Path Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
id	Integer	Yes	The game identifier, formatted as an int32.

Query Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
limit	Integer	Yes	Maximum number of similar games to return. Default: `10`. Formatted as an int32.

Response

Returns a JSON object with a results array field. Each item in results is an object describing a similar game, including fields such as id, link, name, year, genre, image, rating, gameplay, adult_only, screenshots, micro_trailer, and short_description.

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
results	Object Array	No	Array of similar game objects. Each object may include `id`, `link`, `name`, `year`, `genre`, `image`, `rating`, `gameplay`, `adult_only`, `screenshots`, `micro_trailer`, and `short_description`. `results` contains at most 100 items.

Path parameters

Name

Type

Description

idREQUIRED

integer

—

Query parameters

Name

Type

Description

limitREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 10

▣ ENDPOINT 05 / 05

GET

Get Game News

https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/:id/news

QUICKSTART

GUIDE

Quickstart

Fetch the news list for a given game ID, using the required id path parameter and pagination query params.

curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/skycraft/gamebrain-api/games/:id/news" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"

What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object with a news array. Each item in news is an object with title, url, source, and published fields; image may also be present.

{
  "news": [
    {
      "title": "Baldur's Gate 3 dev worries for Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian as Bethesda takes over management",
      "url": "https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fallout/baldurs-gate-3-publishing-lead-worries-for-fallout-new-vegas-dev-obsidian-as-bethesda-takes-over-management-of-the-studio-says-he-cant-imagine-that-feels-great",
      "source": "gamesradar.com",
      "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dff8hpPZC9qpm7ZSGunL7N-1920-80.jpg",
      "published": "2026-09-23"
    },
    {
      "title": "GTA 6 won't beat the GOTY record set by Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33",
      "url": "https://www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-theft-auto/gta-6-will-not-be-eligible-to-complete-baldurs-gate-3-and-clair-obscur-expedition-33s-big-5-goty-sweep-in-the-2026-7-season",
      "source": "gamesradar.com",
      "image": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oFV96Lzam6D6cjSoxVEn9h-1920-80.jpg",
      "published": "2026-09-22"
    }
  ]
}

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About this endpoint

What it does

Retrieves news items for a specific game, identified by its numeric id, with pagination controlled by offset and limit. The response returns a JSON object containing a news array of news objects.

Path Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
id	Integer	Yes	Game identifier, `int32`.

Query Parameter(s)

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
limit	Integer	Yes	Maximum number of news items to return, `int32`. Default: `10`.
offset	Integer	Yes	Number of news items to skip before starting the result set, `int32`. Default: `0`.

Response

Returns a JSON object with a required news array field. Each item in news is an object with required title, url, source, and published fields, and an optional image field.

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
news	Object Array	Yes	Array of news items. Each item contains: `title` (String), `url` (String, URI), `source` (String), `published` (String, date), and optional `image` (String, URI).

Path parameters

Name

Type

Description

idREQUIRED

integer

—

Query parameters

Name

Type

Description

limitREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 10

offsetREQUIRED

integer

—

DEFAULT 0

▣ COMMON ERRORS

Errors any endpoint can return

400bad_request

Required parameter missing or malformed body.

401unauthorized

API key missing, revoked, or not authorized for this service.

429rate_limited

Your plan's per-second rate exceeded. Retry with exponential backoff.

503upstream_busy

Backend temporarily unavailable. Try again in a few seconds.

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