GamersExtra Games API

Endpoints

Authentication

X-GamersExtra-Key: YOUR_API_KEY

You can also send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY. Keys are created from your profile and are limited to 100 requests per UTC day by default.

List query parameters

Response shape

{
  "data": [{
    "name": "Game title",
    "slug": "game-title",
    "url": "https://gamersextra.com/games/game-title/",
    "release_date": "2026-09-05",
    "release_timestamp": 1788566400,
    "status": "released",
    "platforms": ["PC (Microsoft Windows)"],
    "genres": ["Adventure"],
    "cover": {
      "url": "https://gamersextra.com/game_images/example.webp",
      "width": 600,
      "height": 800,
      "srcset": "https://gamersextra.com/game_images/example_image1x.webp 1x, ..."
    }
  }],
  "pagination": {"page": 1, "limit": 20, "total": 100, "pages": 5},
  "rate_limit": "See X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset headers",
  "attribution": {"text": "Powered by GamersExtra", "url": "https://gamersextra.com/games/"}
}

Media access

List responses include each game cover when we have one. Detail responses include the cover plus up to 20 screenshots, up to 20 artworks, and up to 12 video links. Media URLs are absolute, optimized for the web, and safe to display as long as the required GamersExtra attribution and item links stay visible.

{
  "data": {
    "cover": {"url": "https://gamersextra.com/game_images/example.webp", "srcset": "..."},
    "screenshots": [{"url": "https://gamersextra.com/screenshot_images/example.webp", "srcset": "..."}],
    "artworks": [{"url": "https://gamersextra.com/artwork_images/example.webp", "srcset": "..."}],
    "videos": [{"youtube_id": "abc123", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123"}]
  }
}

Code examples

fetch('https://gamersextra.com/api/games?search=metroid&limit=5', {
  headers: {'X-GamersExtra-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
})
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data.data));

const response = await fetch('https://gamersextra.com/api/games?status=upcoming&limit=10', {
  headers: {'X-GamersExtra-Key': process.env.GAMERSEXTRA_API_KEY}
});
const games = await response.json();
console.log(games.data);

$context = stream_context_create(['http' => ['header' => "X-GamersExtra-Key: YOUR_API_KEY\r\n"]]);
$json = file_get_contents('https://gamersextra.com/api/games?platform=PC%20(Microsoft%20Windows)', false, $context);
$games = json_decode($json, true);
print_r($games['data']);

import requests
response = requests.get(
    'https://gamersextra.com/api/games',
    params={'search': 'zelda', 'limit': 5},
    headers={'X-GamersExtra-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
print(response.json()['data'])

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://gamersextra.com/api/games?genre=Adventure&limit=5')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['X-GamersExtra-Key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }
puts JSON.parse(response.body)['data']

req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://gamersextra.com/api/games?status=released&limit=5", nil)
if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
req.Header.Set("X-GamersExtra-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }
defer resp.Body.Close()

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-GamersExtra-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://gamersextra.com/api/games?search=halo&limit=5");
Console.WriteLine(json);

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://gamersextra.com/api/games?limit=5"))
    .header("X-GamersExtra-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .build();
String json = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()).body();

curl -H 'X-GamersExtra-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' 'https://gamersextra.com/api/games?status=upcoming&limit=5'