OpenCritic API

Pull OpenCritic game scores, tiers and critic reviews as clean JSON.

The API.SH OpenCritic API returns public data from the OpenCritic video game review aggregator as structured JSON. Browse games by platform and period, sorted by score, release date or review count, read this year's Hall of Fame with new and upcoming releases, and open a game for its Top Critic Average, Critics Recommend percentage, tier, median score, platforms, release dates, developers, publishers and store prices. Page through a game's critic reviews with outlet, critic, score as published and normalized score.

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4 endpoints
from $1 / 1,000 calls
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failed calls free

OpenCritic critic reviews

GET https://api.api.sh/opencritic/v1/reviews

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the OpenCritic API

Game review score widgets

Show a game's Top Critic Average, Critics Recommend percentage and tier on a store, blog or Discord bot.

/game

Release and score tracking

Follow new and upcoming releases and the year's best-reviewed games for a newsletter or dashboard.

/hall-of-fame /browse

Critic and outlet analysis

Collect every critic review of a game with outlet, score as published and normalized score to compare how outlets rate games.

/reviews

Game catalog enrichment

Browse by platform, genre or year and add scores, tiers, genres and release dates to your own game database.

/browse /game

Deal and price research

Read a game's store prices and discounts next to its review score to find well-reviewed games on sale.

/game

OpenCritic data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

OpenCritic API endpoints and prices

Every OpenCritic endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Comments and reviews1

OpenCritic critic reviews

/opencritic/v1/reviews

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

More data3

OpenCritic browse games /opencritic/v1/browse	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
OpenCritic game /opencritic/v1/game	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
OpenCritic Hall of Fame /opencritic/v1/hall-of-fame	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

Call the OpenCritic API

OpenCritic critic reviews: GET https://api.api.sh/opencritic/v1/reviews

curl "https://api.api.sh/opencritic/v1/reviews?id=463" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/opencritic/v1/reviews",
    params={"id": "463"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/opencritic/v1/reviews");
url.searchParams.set("id", "463");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/opencritic/v1/reviews", "id", "463")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "OpenCritic" and "OpenCritic critic reviews".

# AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor): add the
# API.SH MCP server https://api.sh/mcp

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Send the requestJSON back in one call. Add output=csv or output=ndjson for files.

Why API.SH for OpenCritic data

Public data only: no OpenCritic login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for OpenCritic and 482 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official OpenCritic API

OpenCritic offers an official API through RapidAPI with Swagger documentation, and a per-game data export for communities. API.SH returns the same public scores and reviews in its standard JSON format with one key shared across your other data sources, without a RapidAPI subscription.

Compared with the OpenCritic scraper on Apify or old Kaggle datasets, API.SH gives you live scores, reviews and new releases at a fixed price per call.

OpenCritic API questions

What OpenCritic data can I get?+

Games by platform, period and genre (/opencritic/v1/browse), one game with scores, tier, platforms, companies and store prices (/opencritic/v1/game), its critic reviews (/opencritic/v1/reviews) and this year's Hall of Fame with new and upcoming releases (/opencritic/v1/hall-of-fame).

How much does the OpenCritic API cost?+

Every OpenCritic endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /opencritic/v1/browse at 1 credit each.

Is there an official OpenCritic API?+

Yes. OpenCritic publishes an API on RapidAPI, documented on SwaggerHub. API.SH is an alternative with one key and one JSON format across many platforms, and no separate RapidAPI plan.

Do I need an OpenCritic account or API key?+

No. You only need your API.SH key. API.SH reads public OpenCritic pages, and no endpoint uses a login.

Is there a free OpenCritic API?+

Every API.SH account gets 1,000 free credits each month, enough to try every OpenCritic route. After that you pay per call, and failed calls are free.

Can I get scores normalized to 100?+

Yes. /opencritic/v1/reviews returns each review's score as the outlet published it (stars, out of 10, letter grade) and normalized to 100, and /opencritic/v1/game returns the Top Critic Average and median score.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /opencritic/v1/game with the url of an OpenCritic game page, or /opencritic/v1/browse with a platform. Request examples and every parameter are in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.