Steam Games Dataset

This dataset has been created with this code (MIT) and use the API provided by Steam, the largest gaming platform on PC. Data is also collected from Steam Spy.

Here is a simple example of how to parse information:

## Simple parse of the 'games.json' file.
import os
import json

dataset = {}
if os.path.exists('games.json'):
  with open('games.json', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fin:
    text = fin.read()
    if len(text) > 0:
      dataset = json.loads(text)

for app in dataset:
  appID = app                                         # AppID, unique identifier for each app (string).
  game = dataset[app]             

  name = game['name']                                 # Game name (string).
  releaseDate = game['release_date']                  # Release date (string).
  estimatedOwners = game['estimated_owners']          # Estimated owners (string, e.g.: "0 - 20000").
  peakCCU = game['peak_ccu']                          # Number of concurrent users, yesterday (int).
  required_age = game['required_age']                 # Age required to play, 0 if it is for all audiences (int).
  price = game['price']                               # Price in USD, 0.0 if its free (float).
  dlcCount = game['dlc_count']                        # Number of DLCs, 0 if you have none (int).
  longDesc = game['detailed_description']             # Detailed description of the game (string).
  shortDesc = game['short_description']               # Brief description of the game,
                                                      # does not contain HTML tags (string).
  languages = game['supported_languages']             # Comma-separated enumeration of supporting languages.
  fullAudioLanguages = game['full_audio_languages']   # Comma-separated enumeration of languages with audio support.
  reviews = game['reviews']                           
  headerImage = game['header_image']                  # Header image URL in the store (string).
  website = game['website']                           # Game website (string).
  supportWeb = game['support_url']                    # Game support URL (string).
  supportEmail = game['support_email']                # Game support email (string).
  supportWindows = game['windows']                    # Does it support Windows? (bool).
  supportMac = game['mac']                            # Does it support Mac? (bool).
  supportLinux = game['linux']                        # Does it support Linux? (bool).
  metacriticScore = game['metacritic_score']          # Metacritic score, 0 if it has none (int).
  metacriticURL = game['metacritic_url']              # Metacritic review URL (string).
  userScore = game['user_score']                      # Users score, 0 if it has none (int).
  positive = game['positive']                         # Positive votes (int).
  negative = game['negative']                         # Negative votes (int).
  scoreRank = game['score_rank']                      # Score rank of the game based on user reviews (string).
  achievements = game['achievements']                 # Number of achievements, 0 if it has none (int).
  recommens = game['recommendations']                 # User recommendations, 0 if it has none (int).
  notes = game['notes']                               # Extra information about the game content (string).
  averagePlaytime = game['average_playtime_forever']  # Average playtime since March 2009, in minutes (int).
  averageplaytime2W = game['average_playtime_2weeks'] # Average playtime in the last two weeks, in minutes (int).
  medianPlaytime = game['median_playtime_forever']    # Median playtime since March 2009, in minutes (int).
  medianPlaytime2W = game['median_playtime_2weeks']   # Median playtime in the last two weeks, in minutes (int).

  packages = game['packages']                         # Available packages.
  for pack in packages:           
    title = pack['title']                             # Package title (string).
    packDesc = pack['description']                    # Package description (string).

    subs = pack['subs']                               # Subpackages.
    for sub in subs:            
      text = sub['text']                              # Subpackage title (string).
      subDesc = sub['description']                    # Subpackage description (string).
      subPrice = sub['price']                         # Subpackage price in USD (float).

  developers = game['developers']                     # Game developers.
  for developer in developers:            
    developerName = developer                         # Developer name (string).

  publishers = game['publishers']                     # Game publishers.
  for publisher in publishers:            
    publisherName = publisher                         # Publisher name (string).

  categories = game['categories']                     # Game categories.
  for category in categories:           
    categoryName = category                           # Category name (string).

  genres = game['genres']                             # Game genres.
  for gender in genres:           
    genderName = gender                               # Gender name (string).

  screenshots = game['scrennshots']                   # Game screenshots.
  for screenshot in screenshots:            
    scrennshotsURL = screenshot                       # Game screenshot URL (string).

  movies = game['movies']                             # Game movies.
  for movie in movies:            
    movieURL = movie                                  # Game movie URL (string).

  tags = game['tags']                                 # Tags.
  for tag in tags:           
    tagKey = tag                                      # Tag key (string, int).