# Steam Charts API > Live Steam concurrent-player counts and the most-played-games charts, with no key. This reads Valve's own public Steam charts and player-count endpoints and returns clean JSON: how many people are playing any game on Steam right now (by app id, with the game name resolved from the Steam store), the live leaderboard of the most-played games ranked by current concurrent players with today's peaks, and the most-played chart with week-over-week movement (current rank, last week's rank and the change). The live-engagement / player-activity layer for gaming dashboards, analytics, esports and games-market tools. Distinct from the Steam store reader, the SteamSpy ownership reader, the review-sentiment reader and the Steam Market price reader — this is the live "who is playing what right now" data. Live from Steam; short cache only. ## Authentication All requests require your oanor API key in the `x-oanor-key` header. Get one at https://www.oanor.com/developer/keys. ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_live_…" "https://api.oanor.com/steamcharts-api/..." ``` ## Pricing - **Free** (Free) — 12,000 calls/Mo, 3 req/s - **Starter** ($6/Mo) — 210,000 calls/Mo, 10 req/s - **Pro** ($23/Mo) — 1,080,000 calls/Mo, 25 req/s - **Scale** ($67/Mo) — 6,600,000 calls/Mo, 60 req/s ## Endpoints ### Players #### `GET /v1/players` — Current players for one game **Parameters:** - `appid` (query, optional, string) — Steam app id; omit for the #1 most-played Example: `730` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/steamcharts-api/v1/players?appid=730" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "name": "Counter-Strike 2", "note": "The number of people playing one Steam game right now. Pass appid (the Steam store id, e.g. 730 for Counter-Strike 2); omit it for the current #1 most-played game.", "appid": 730, "source": "Steam", "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/730", "current_players": 1195420 }, "meta": { "timestamp": "2026-06-14T17:03:38.549Z", "request_id": "c33caf39-119c-4096-a04a-fcc025b42266" }, "status": "ok", "message": "Players retrieved successfully", "success": true } ``` ### TopGames #### `GET /v1/topgames` — Live leaderboard by current players **Parameters:** - `limit` (query, optional, string) — Rows (1-50) Example: `20` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/steamcharts-api/v1/topgames?limit=20" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "note": "The live leaderboard of the most-played games on Steam right now, ranked by current concurrent players — each with its current player count and today's peak. The real-time pulse of what the whole Steam platform is playing.", "count": 20, "games": [ { "name": "Counter-Strike 2", "rank": 1, "appid": 730, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/730", "peak_today": 1498445, "current_players": 1201278 }, { "name": "Dota 2", "rank": 2, "appid": 570, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/570", "peak_today": 703748, "current_players": 649470 }, { "name": "TBH: Task Bar Hero", "rank": 3, "appid": 3678970, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/3678970", "peak_today": 526596, "current_players": 497406 }, { "name": "PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS", "rank": 4, "appid": 578080, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/578080", "peak_today": 735883, "current_players": 348861 }, { "name": "Path of Exile 2", …(truncated, see openapi.json for full schema) ``` ### MostPlayed #### `GET /v1/mostplayed` — Most-played chart with week-over-week movement **Parameters:** - `limit` (query, optional, string) — Rows (1-50) Example: `20` **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/steamcharts-api/v1/mostplayed?limit=20" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "note": "Steam's most-played-games chart with week-over-week movement — each game's current rank, last week's rank, the resulting change and its peak concurrent players. Track which games are rising and falling across the platform.", "count": 20, "games": [ { "name": "Counter-Strike 2", "rank": 1, "appid": 730, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/730", "rank_change": 0, "peak_in_game": 1275982, "last_week_rank": 1 }, { "name": "PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS", "rank": 2, "appid": 578080, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/578080", "rank_change": 0, "peak_in_game": 732248, "last_week_rank": 2 }, { "name": "Dota 2", "rank": 3, "appid": 570, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/570", "rank_change": 0, "peak_in_game": 635321, "last_week_rank": 3 }, { "name": "Wallpaper Engine", "rank": 4, "appid": 431960, "store_url": "https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960", "rank_change": 0, "peak_in_game": 111342, …(truncated, see openapi.json for full schema) ``` ### Meta #### `GET /v1/meta` — Service metadata **Example:** ```bash curl -H "x-oanor-key: $KEY" \ "https://api.oanor.com/steamcharts-api/v1/meta" ``` **Response:** ```json { "data": { "sample": { "players": 1201278, "top_game": "Counter-Strike 2" }, "source": "Steam public Web API (api.steampowered.com ISteamChartsService) + store app details, keyless", "service": "steamcharts-api", "endpoints": { "GET /v1/meta": "This document.", "GET /v1/players": "Current players for one game (appid; omit for the #1).", "GET /v1/topgames": "Live leaderboard by current concurrent players (limit).", "GET /v1/mostplayed": "Most-played chart with week-over-week movement (limit)." }, "description": "Live Steam concurrent-player counts and most-played-games charts with no key: how many people are playing any game right now, the live leaderboard ranked by current players, and the most-played chart with week-over-week movement. Game names resolved from the Steam store. The live-engagement / player-activity layer for gaming dashboards, analytics and esports. Distinct from the Steam store, ownership, review and market readers. Live, short cache only.", "upstream_status": "ok" }, "meta": { "timestamp": "2026-06-14T17:03:39.266Z", "request_id": "bb72a465-c100-4a1a-94cb-f8e1ddc52a7b" }, "status": "ok", "message": "Meta", "success": true } ``` --- Marketplace page: https://www.oanor.com/api/steamcharts-api OpenAPI spec: https://www.oanor.com/api/steamcharts-api/openapi.json