# Steam Deals Ranker & Twitch Top Games Scraper (No OAuth) (`borisinc/gamedatakit-deals`) Actor

Value-ranked Steam deals (discount x review score x live players) plus Twitch top games and category viewer rankings. No OAuth setup, no proxies. Clean JSON for deal sites and gaming newsletters.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/borisinc/gamedatakit-deals.md
- **Developed by:** [Donk](https://apify.com/borisinc) (community)
- **Categories:** Games, E-commerce, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Twitch Top Games & Categories Scraper + Steam Deals Ranker

Find the **best Steam deals right now** — ranked by real value (discount × review score × player activity), not just discount % — and the **hottest Twitch categories** ranked by live viewer heat. Clean JSON, no proxies, no Steam API key.

### Modes

**`deals`** — scans current Steam specials and ranks them by a value score combining discount %, review score, and live player counts. Filters: `min_discount`, `min_review`, `count` (up to 100 specials scanned). Use it for: deals newsletters and sites, Discord/Telegram deal bots, price-tracking dashboards, affiliate content.

**`twitch-hype`** — ranks top Twitch categories by current viewer heat (needs a free Twitch app credential from dev.twitch.tv: `twitch_client_id` + `twitch_client_secret`). Use it for: streamer research (what to stream), games-marketing timing, trend dashboards.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | deals | `deals` or `twitch-hype` |
| min\_discount | integer | 0 | deals: minimum discount % |
| min\_review | integer | 0 | deals: minimum review score |
| count | integer | 50 | deals: specials to scan (max 100) |
| limit | integer | 10 | twitch-hype: categories to rank (max 25) |
| twitch\_client\_id | string | — | twitch-hype only (free) |
| twitch\_client\_secret | string | — | twitch-hype only (free) |

### Example output (deals)

```json
{
  "appid": 12345,
  "name": "…",
  "discount_percent": 75,
  "price_final": "$4.99",
  "review_score": 89,
  "current_players": 3512,
  "value_score": 0.87,
  "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/12345"
}
```

### Why this actor

- **Value ranking, not discount spam** — a 90%-off dead game ranks below a 60%-off hit with 20k live players.
- **No keys for Steam, no proxies** — live data with short caching; the free Twitch credential is only needed for hype mode.
- **Same engine as the GameDataKit x402 API** (api.borisinc.com) used by AI agents — this Store listing is the card-billed version.

### Common recipes

- **Deal bot:** schedule `deals` hourly with `min_discount: 50, min_review: 80`; post new entries to Discord/Telegram.
- **What-to-stream:** run `twitch-hype` daily; cross-reference rising categories against `deals` for content timing.

Actively maintained — issues and feature requests welcome on the actor page.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

deals = value-ranked Steam specials; twitch-hype = Twitch categories ranked by hype score

## `min_discount` (type: `integer`):

Only include deals with at least this discount percent

## `min_review` (type: `integer`):

Only include games with at least this review/metacritic score

## `count` (type: `integer`):

How many Steam specials to scan (max 100)

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

How many top Twitch categories to rank (max 25)

## `twitch_client_id` (type: `string`):

Required for twitch-hype mode (free at dev.twitch.tv)

## `twitch_client_secret` (type: `string`):

Required for twitch-hype mode

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "deals",
  "min_discount": 20,
  "min_review": 60,
  "count": 30,
  "limit": 10
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("borisinc/gamedatakit-deals").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("borisinc/gamedatakit-deals").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call borisinc/gamedatakit-deals --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,borisinc/gamedatakit-deals"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eHBncrfTMY7ATstgG/builds/rEzZj7OLrPishJQlM/openapi.json