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Try the Steam Current Players API

Returns the current number of concurrent players for a Steam app, given its numeric `appid` such as `570`. The response has `appid`, `player_count` and a `source_url`. An app with no player-count data returns 404.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /steam/players?appid=570
Fields with a value in every checked item: appid, player_count

Sample value profiles: player_count: 882,376.

Request: GET /steam/players
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 99.8%, median 0.79 s
Monitored request: GET /steam/players?appid=570

Steam Current Players API documentation Steam platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/players?appid=570" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
appid	string	Yes	570	Numeric Steam app id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "player_count": 612345,
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=570"
  }
}

More Steam endpoints

Get global achievement completion percentages for a Steam app Get Steam store details for an app Browse a store category (tag) with weighted community tags Get Steam's live games-by-concurrent-players leaderboard Get Steam's weekly most-played games chart Get Steam's monthly best-new-releases index Get the store's community-recommended reviews feed Get the Steam store featured capsules Get Steam top sellers, new releases, specials and coming soon Resolve a batch of app ids to store items with weighted tags Get recent news posts for a Steam app Get Steam store details for a package All 21 Steam endpoints

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GET /steam/players

Get the current concurrent-player count for a Steam app

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Required query parameters

appid

requiredstring

Numeric Steam app id

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "player_count": 612345,
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=570"
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Steam Current Players API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /steam/players?appid=570
Fields with a value in every checked item: appid, player_count

Sample value profiles: player_count: 882,376.

Request: GET /steam/players
Cost: 1 credit/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 99.8%, median 0.79 s
Monitored request: GET /steam/players?appid=570

Steam Current Players API documentation Steam platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/steam/players?appid=570" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
appid	string	Yes	570	Numeric Steam app id

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "appid": "570",
    "player_count": 612345,
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=570"
  }
}

More Steam endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

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GETapiKey1 credit/requeststeam.playersResponseDocSteam

GET /steam/players

Get the current concurrent-player count for a Steam app

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

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

appid

requiredstring

Numeric Steam app id

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": {
    "appid": "570",
    "player_count": 612345,
    "source_url": "https://api.steampowered.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=570"
  }
}