# itch.io Game Scraper (`cryptosignals/itchio-scraper`) Actor

Extract indie game data from itch.io — top games, new releases, tag searches, and game details. No API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cryptosignals/itchio-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Web Data Labs](https://apify.com/cryptosignals) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 16 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 result scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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".

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

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# README

## itch.io Game Scraper

Extract indie game data from [itch.io](https://itch.io) — top-rated games, featured games, keyword search, and tag-based browsing. No API key required.

### What it extracts

For each game:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `id` | itch.io game ID |
| `title` | Game title |
| `url` | Game page URL |
| `creator` | Developer/creator name |
| `creator_url` | Creator's itch.io profile URL |
| `description` | Short description |
| `genre` | Genre (Visual Novel, Platformer, RPG, etc.) |
| `rating` | Average rating (0–5) |
| `rating_count` | Number of ratings |
| `platforms` | Supported platforms: `windows`, `mac`, `linux`, `android`, `browser` |
| `thumbnail` | Cover image URL |

### Input

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|-------|------|----------|---------|-------------|
| `action` | string | yes | `top` | `top`, `featured`, `search`, or `tag` |
| `query` | string | for search/tag | — | Search term or tag name (e.g. `horror`, `platformer`, `rpg`) |
| `maxItems` | integer | no | `50` | Max games to return (up to 500) |

### Actions

- **`top`** — Top-rated games on itch.io
- **`featured`** — Featured/popular games
- **`search`** — Games matching a keyword (`query` required)
- **`tag`** — Games with a specific tag (`query` required, e.g. `horror`, `puzzle`, `shooter`)

### Example inputs

Browse top-rated games:

```json
{
  "action": "top",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

Search for RPG games:

```json
{
  "action": "search",
  "query": "rpg",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

Browse horror games by tag:

```json
{
  "action": "tag",
  "query": "horror",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Notes

- Fetches ~36 games per page with a 1-second polite delay between pages
- No authentication or API key needed — uses itch.io's public browsing endpoints
- Price information is not available in listing pages (itch.io does not expose it there)

# Actor input Schema

## `action` (type: `string`):

What to scrape: 'top' for top-rated games, 'featured' for featured/popular games, 'search' for keyword search, 'tag' for games by tag.

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search term (for 'search' action) or tag name (for 'tag' action). Tag examples: 'horror', 'platformer', 'rpg', 'puzzle', 'shooter'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of games to return (each page has ~36 results).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The default Apify datacenter proxy is strongly recommended (and used by default) — itch.io blocks unproxied datacenter IPs. Do NOT select residential (account has none).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "action": "top",
  "query": "horror",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "query": "horror"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cryptosignals/itchio-scraper").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 = { "query": "horror" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cryptosignals/itchio-scraper").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 '{
  "query": "horror"
}' |
apify call cryptosignals/itchio-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/958Oz7oCKYou2FqC8/builds/Y80eIptVpFcM8Wy5Y/openapi.json