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Steam Store Upcoming Release Calendar Scraper
Scrapes Steam's coming-soon catalog into a release calendar with normalised dates. Returns upcoming game metadata: release dates parsed from fuzzy strings (Q3 2026, May 2026), developers, publishers, genres, tags, platforms, and pricing. For games media and release tracking.
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Steam Upcoming Games Scraper — Release Calendar
Extract Steam's full coming-soon catalog as structured JSON — approximately 11,000+ titles at any given time. Returns normalized release dates, developers, publishers, genres, Steam tag IDs, platforms, planned prices, and Early Access flags. Handles Steam's fuzzy date formats (Q3 2026, May 2026, Coming soon) and normalizes them to ISO-parseable strings.
Features
- Retrieves the complete Steam coming-soon catalog (~11,000 titles)
- Normalizes release dates to
YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM,YYYY, orYYYY-Qnformat - Returns genres as comma-separated labels and tags as comma-separated Steam tag IDs
- Flags Early Access titles, planned prices, and demo availability
- Includes
header_imageURL andshort_descriptionfor each title - Rate-limited to respect Steam's ~200 req/5 min IP cap — run on Apify's rotating proxy pool for best throughput
What data does it extract?
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
steam_appid | Steam numeric app ID |
name | Game title |
release_date_raw | Raw date string from Steam (e.g. Q3 2026, May 21 2026, Coming soon) |
release_date_parsed | Normalized ISO date: YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM, YYYY, or YYYY-Qn |
is_coming_soon | Whether Steam marks this title as coming soon |
announced | Whether the title is announced-only with no confirmed date |
developers | Comma-separated developer studio names |
publishers | Comma-separated publisher names |
genres | Comma-separated genre labels (e.g. Action,RPG,Strategy) |
tags | Comma-separated Steam tag IDs — see note below |
price_planned | Planned price in the store's local currency |
early_access | Whether the title will launch into Early Access |
platforms | Comma-separated supported platforms (windows, mac, linux) |
has_demo | Whether a playable demo is currently available |
header_image | Steam header image URL |
short_description | Short game description |
source_url | Steam store page URL |
snapshot_ts | ISO timestamp of when this record was scraped |
Steam tag IDs are numeric codes from the Steam catalog search system. The tag ID-to-label map is available at https://store.steampowered.com/tag/browse/#global_492 or via the Steam Web API.
How to use it
This actor has a single input: maxItems. Set it to the number of upcoming titles you want. Set 0 or a very high number to retrieve the full catalog. The actor paginates through Steam's coming-soon search and enriches each result with the app detail API.
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | 10 | Maximum number of upcoming game records to return. Set a high value for the full catalog. |
Who Uses This Data?
- Games journalists — Build monthly and quarterly release calendars filtered by genre, publisher, or platform; automate new-release roundup content with structured metadata.
- Affiliate and review sites — Surface upcoming titles relevant to your audience by filtering on
genresortags; pullheader_imageandshort_descriptionfor automatic page generation. - Indie developers — Benchmark upcoming competition in your genre by querying titles with matching
genresandearly_accessflags to identify crowded release windows. - Game publishers and PR teams — Monitor competitor release dates and Early Access announcements to inform launch timing decisions using
release_date_parsedfor calendar-accurate scheduling.
FAQ
How current is the coming-soon catalog?
Steam's coming-soon catalog changes daily as new titles are added and release dates are updated. Run the actor on a schedule to maintain a current snapshot. Compare release_date_raw across runs to detect date changes — Steam frequently adjusts fuzzy dates as launches approach.
Why are some release_date_parsed values null?
Steam publishes many titles with non-parseable date strings like Coming soon or To be announced. These titles have release_date_raw populated but release_date_parsed set to null. Filter on release_date_parsed IS NOT NULL to scope analysis to titles with a confirmed timeframe.
Results are available for export in JSON, CSV, and Excel formats from the Apify dataset tab.
