Get app details

Retrieve detailed information on an application in the steam store.

appdetails uses Steam's unofficial API.

appdetails_steamcmd uses the unofficial steamcmd API, which provides data from the Steam client network (powered by the steam Python library).

appdetails_steamspy uses the unofficial SteamSpy API, which provides custom estimates on owners, tags, genres and price dynamics. To get a full app list from SteamSpy, see steamspy.

appdetails(
  appid,
  client = NULL,
  filters = NULL,
  country_code = "US",
  language = "english"
)

appdetails_steamcmd(appid)

appdetails_steamspy(appid)

Arguments

appid

Application ID referencing a Steam application. There are generally two ways of retrieving an appID:

  • Inspect or parse the store URL of an application, e.g. https://store.steampowered.com/app/10/CounterStrike/

  • Query appIDs programmatically, e.g. using search_apps

client

Unknown.

filters

Keys to include in the output. Can be any key that is returned by this function. If basic, includes the following default keys: type, name, steam_appid, required_age, dlc, detailed_description, about_the_game, short_description, supported_languages, header_image, website, pc_requirements, mac_requirements, linux_requirements. filters does not accept any of these keys as input.

Value

appdetails

A nested list containing the following keys:

  • type: Type of application (game, dlc, demo, advertising, mod, or video)

  • name: Name of the application

  • steam_appid: appID of the application

  • required_age: Required age to view the application

  • controller_support: Whether the app has controller support (partial or full). May be omitted.

  • is_free: Whether the game is free to play

  • dlc: Array of appIDs of DLCs associated with this application.

  • detailed_description: A detailed description in HTML

  • about_the_game: "About the game" description in HTML

  • short_description: Short description in HTML, usually found in the application preview

  • fullgame: Name and appID of the full game. Sometimes found in demos or movies.

  • supported_languages: Languages that the application supports, in HTML.

  • header_image: URL to the header image.

  • capsule_image: URL to the capsule image.

  • capsule_imagev5: URL to a different capsule image.

  • website: URL to the application website.

  • pc_requirements: Minimum and recommended requirements for Windows, in HTML

  • mac_requirements: Minimum and recommended requirements for Mac OS, in HTML

  • linux_requirements: Minimum and recommended requirements for Linux, in HTML

  • developers: Names of the developers.

  • publishers: Names of the publishers.

  • demos: List of appIDs which are demos of this application.

  • price_overview: List containing the initial and final price as well as price discounts. Omitted for free to play games.

  • packages: List of packageIDs that include this game.

  • package_groups: Dataframe specifying purchase options.

  • platforms: Specifies whether the application is compatible with linux and mac.

  • metacritic: Metacritic score and URL.

  • categories: Store categories of the application. May be omitted.

  • genres: Genres of the application. May be omitted.

  • screenshots: A dataframe containing the paths to all showcase screenshots. Omitted if no screenshots exist.

  • movies: A dataframe containing the paths to all showcase movies. Omitted if no movies exist.

  • recommendations: A list containing the total number of recommendations.

  • recommendations: A list containing the total and highlighted achievements.

  • release_date: A list containing the release date and whether the application is coming soon.

  • support_info: A list containing support URL and email.

  • background: URL to the background image.

  • background_raw: URL to the raw background image.

  • content_descriptors: Content descriptor codes given to this application. Also includes a content descriptor description. A list of content descriptors is included in content_descriptors.

  • ratings: A list containing maturity ratings.

appdetails_steamspy

A dataframe containing information about name, developer, publisher, reviews, concurrent players, genres, tags and estimated owners.

appdetails_steamcmd

A nested list containing information listed here.

Note

appdetails is rate-limited at 200 requests per 5 minutes.

appdetails_steamcmd is not rate-limited.

appdetails_steamspy is rate-limited at 1 request per second.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# returns the detailed description about team fortress
appdetails(440, filters = "detailed_description")

# returns the metacritic score and total number of reviews of Counter-Strike
appdetails(10, filters = c("recommendations", "metacritic"))

# returns steamspy data
appdetails_steamspy(440)

# returns steamcmd data
appdetails_steamcmd(440)
} # }