aid: rawg
name: RAWG
description: >-
  RAWG is the largest video game database and game discovery service,
  providing access to more than 350,000 games across 50+ platforms with rich
  metadata including tags, genres, developers, publishers, creators, release
  dates, Metacritic ratings, store links, ESRB ratings, average playtime,
  achievements, screenshots, trailers, and social media data. RAWG offers a
  free REST API for personal and small commercial use with API key
  authentication, enabling developers to search and filter games by platform,
  genre, developer, publisher, tag, release date, and rating. The API also
  provides endpoints for exploring game series, DLCs, development team
  members, and visually similar games (enterprise tier). RAWG is used by
  developers building game discovery apps, recommendation engines, gaming
  dashboards, and data warehouses.
type: Index
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Database
  - Entertainment
  - Game Discovery
  - Games
  - Gaming
  - Metadata
  - Video Games
created: '2025-02-08'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: rawg:rawg
    name: RAWG Video Games Database API
    description: >-
      The RAWG Video Games Database API provides programmatic access to a
      catalog of more than 350,000 games across 50+ platforms, including
      creator roles, individual creators, game developers, game publishers,
      genres, tags, storefronts, platforms, and detailed game metadata. The
      API supports pagination, search, and multi-dimensional filtering across
      dates, platforms, genres, tags, Metacritic scores, and more. All
      requests require an API key passed as a query parameter.
    humanURL: https://rawg.io/apidocs
    baseURL: https://api.rawg.io/api
    tags:
      - Database
      - Entertainment
      - Game Discovery
      - Games
      - Gaming
      - Metadata
      - Video Games
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/openapi/rawg-openapi.yml
      - type: Rules
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/rules/rawg-rules.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rawg-game-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-structure/rawg-game-structure.json
      - type: JSONLd
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/rawg-context.jsonld
      - type: Vocabulary
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rawg/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/rawg-vocabulary.yml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://rawg.io
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://rawg.io/apidocs
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://rawg.io/login?forward=developer
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://rawg.io/terms
  - type: Blog
    url: https://rawg.io/blog
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com