RAWG

7.1easy start · #3 of 14
in Game Databases

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on api, Web. Paid plans from $149/mo.

RAWG is ranked #3 of 14 in game databases on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $149/mo.

RAWG plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free Non-commercial projects only · 500,000+ video games data · up to 20,000 requests per month · Required backlinks to RAWG from pages where the data is used rawg.io · 30 Sept 2026

Business $149/mo $149/m. Commercial use · Where to buy links · Similar games · Gameplay videos, relevant Twitch and YouTube videos · up to 50,000 requests per month · Email support rawg.io · 30 Sept 2026

Enterprise Not published Contact us Downloadable file API · up to 1,000,000 requests per month · Custom data requests · Priority email support rawg.io · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on game databases

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $149/mo
API access: Yes
Supported platforms: PC, Xbox One, iOS, Nintendo DS, Linux, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii, Game Boy Advance, SNES, Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Atari XEGS, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, Android, Nintendo DSi

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The record

Product: RAWG describes itself as a video game database and game discovery service that shares its games, search, and machine-learning recommendations through an API.
Database scale: The API page lists 500,000+ games across 50 platforms, including mobiles.
Game metadata: The database includes descriptions, genres, release dates, store links, ESRB ratings, average playtime, gameplay videos, Metacritic ratings, system requirements, and DLC and franchise information.
Discovery: RAWG says its similar-game recommendations are based on computer vision.
Player activity: RAWG lists Steam average playtime and RAWG player counts and ratings as player activity data.
Integrations: RAWG names Yandex, a Discord games-search bot, a Reddit recommendations bot, a Telegram bot, and a DTF bot as apps using its API.
Attribution and redistribution: The API terms require attribution and an active RAWG hyperlink on every page using its data or images, and prohibit redistributing the data for resale or availability to other businesses.
Support: The API page offers email support on the Business plan and priority email support on Enterprise, and directs other API questions to email or Discord.
Privacy: RAWG says it collects account, user-created, technical, usage, location, and gaming-platform information, and processes API payments through Stripe.
Security and compliance: RAWG's privacy policy says it uses information to secure its systems and applications and was prepared with reference to provisions including the EU GDPR.
Company: RAWG's API terms identify the service provider as Behind the Games, UAB, at Jovaro g. 7-2, 03104 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Headquarters: Vilnius, Lithuania
Price from: $149/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Game Databases in 2026#3 of 14

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Sources

rawg.io/apidocs· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawg.io/privacy_policy· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawg.io/tos_api· checked 30 Sept 2026
rawg.io· checked 23 Sept 2026