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52.8% of the 36 Gamingsites we tested run a managed anti-bot or WAF. That is a homepage-level reading — the listing, search, and account pages people actually scrape are usually more protected.
Vendors in this category
| Site | Protected | Anti-bot / WAF |
|---|---|---|
| activision.com | Open | — |
| battle.net | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
| blizzard.com | Open | — |
| chess.com |
| Protected |
| Cloudflare |
| coolmathgames.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| crazygames.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| curseforge.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| ea.com | Open | — |
| epicgames.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| fortnite.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| g2a.com | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| gamespot.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| gamesradar.com | Open | — |
| gog.com | Open | — |
| ign.com | Open | — |
| itch.io | Protected | Cloudflare |
| kick.com | Protected | Cloudflare + 1 more |
| kotaku.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| leagueoflegends.com | Open | — |
| lichess.org | Open | — |
| minecraft.net | Protected | Akamai Bot Manager |
| modrinth.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| newgrounds.com | Protected | Unidentified WAF / bot protection |
| nexusmods.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| nintendo.com | Open | — |
| pcgamer.com | Open | — |
| playstation.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| poki.com | Protected | Cloudflare |
| polygon.com | Open | — |
| riotgames.com | Open | — |
| roblox.com | Open | — |
| rockstargames.com | Protected | Akamai (edge) |
| steamcommunity.com | Open | — |
| steampowered.com | Open | — |
| ubisoft.com | Open | — |
| xbox.com | Open | — |
Compare with the rest of the full Anti-Bot Adoption Index (of 1005 reachable top sites, 57.2% are protected).