aid: giantbomb
name: Giant Bomb
description: >-
  Giant Bomb is a video game database and media platform providing comprehensive data on over
  100,000 games, characters, companies, concepts, franchises, locations, objects, and other
  game-related entities. The Giant Bomb API offers RESTful access to this rich dataset, enabling
  developers to query and integrate video game information into their applications using simple
  GET requests authenticated with a personal API key.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Entertainment
  - Video Games
  - Game Database
  - Gaming
  - Media
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: giantbomb:giantbomb-api
    name: Giant Bomb API
    description: >-
      The Giant Bomb API provides RESTful access to the Giant Bomb video game database, covering
      games, characters, companies, concepts, franchises, genres, locations, objects, people,
      platforms, releases, reviews, themes, videos, and more. Authentication is via an API key
      passed as a query parameter. Responses are available in JSON or XML format.
    humanURL: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
    baseURL: https://www.giantbomb.com/api
    tags:
      - Video Games
      - Game Database
      - Gaming
      - Characters
      - Companies
      - Franchises
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/documentation/
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/openapi/openapi.json
      - type: RateLimits
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/giantbomb-rate-limits.yml
      - type: Plans
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/plans/giantbomb-plans-pricing.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/finops/giantbomb-finops.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Giant Bomb API Developers Forum
        url: https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/api-developers-3017/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/documentation/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/topics/giantbomb-api
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giant-bomb/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/articles/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/api/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://www.giantbomb.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/giantbomb
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/plans/giantbomb-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/giantbomb-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/giantbomb/refs/heads/main/finops/giantbomb-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com