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Try the Metacritic Game API

Test Crawlora's Metacritic Game API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metacritic/game/{slug}
Platform: Metacritic
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: slug

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/game/<slug>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug (path)	string	Yes		Metacritic game slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestmetacritic.productResponseDocMetacritic

GET /metacritic/game/{slug}

Get a Metacritic game

Returns a normalized Metacritic game: Metascore (critic) and user score with sentiment and review counts, genres, per-platform scores, developer/publisher, rating, release date, and trailer. Credential-free public Metacritic data.

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Path parameters

slug

requiredstring

Metacritic game slug

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /metacritic/game/{slug}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Metacritic
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.countriesdata.descriptiondata.durationdata.genresdata.genres[].iddata.genres[].namedata.iddata.imagedata.imdb_iddata.imdb_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/game/<slug>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metacritic/game/{slug}
Platform: Metacritic
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: slug

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/game/<slug>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug (path)	string	Yes		Metacritic game slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestmetacritic.productResponseDocMetacritic

GET /metacritic/game/{slug}

Get a Metacritic game

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Path parameters

slug

requiredstring

Metacritic game slug

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /metacritic/game/{slug}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Metacritic
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.countriesdata.descriptiondata.durationdata.genresdata.genres[].iddata.genres[].namedata.iddata.imagedata.imdb_iddata.imdb_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "type": "game",
    "title": "Elden Ring",
    "slug": "elden-ring",
    "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",
    "premiere_year": 2022,
    "release_date": "2022-02-25",
    "rating": "M",
    "metascore": {
      "score": 96,
      "max": 100,
      "review_count": 93,
      "positive_count": 86,
      "sentiment": "Universal acclaim",
      "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/critic-reviews/"
    },
    "user_score": {
      "score": 8.4,
      "max": 10,
      "review_count": 23997,
      "sentiment": "Generally favorable"
    },
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action RPG"
      }
    ],
    "production": {
      "companies": [
        "FromSoftware",
        "Bandai Namco Games"
      ]
    },
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "PlayStation 5",
        "is_lead": true,
        "metascore": {
          "score": 96,
          "max": 100
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/game/<slug>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"