RAWG Video Games DB

500,000+ games with screenshots, ratings and store links — the IMDb of games.

StatusFree key required

AuthenticationFree API key (signup)

Browser CORSYes — works from front-end code

Free limitsFree key: 20k req/month

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🔑 Needs a free key

This API is free but asks you to sign up for a key first — it takes about a minute on the official site. Grab the key, then call it with the snippets below.

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call RAWG Video Games DB — pick your weapon.

// RAWG Video Games DB — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://rawg.io/apidocs");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# RAWG Video Games DB with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://rawg.io/apidocs")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# RAWG Video Games DB from your terminal
curl "https://rawg.io/apidocs"

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