Context

This dataset contains 474417 video games on over 50 platforms including mobiles. All game information was obtained using Python with RAWG API. This dataset was last updated on Dec 22nd 2020. If you are interested in obtaining more recent games, visit the GitHub page for more information. I plan to update this dataset annually.

Content

Each row contains information about one game. There are several columns that have multiple values like platforms, genres, ... In those cases, values are separated by double pipes ||.

Column definitions:

• id: An unique ID identifying this Game in RAWG Database
• slug: An unique slug identifying this Game in RAWG Database
• name: Name of the game
• metacritic: Rating of the game on Metacritic
• released: The date the game was released
• tba: To be announced state
• updated: The date the game was last updated
• website: Game Website
• rating: Rating rated by RAWG user
• rating_top: Maximum rating
• playtime: Hours needed to complete the game
• achievements_count: Number of achievements in game
• ratings_count: Number of RAWG users who rated the game
• suggestions_count: Number of RAWG users who suggested the game
• game_series_count: Number of games in the series
• reviews_count: Number of RAWG users who reviewed the game
• platforms: Platforms game was released on. Separated by ||
• developers: Game developers. Separated by ||
• genres: Game genres. Separated by ||
• publishers: Game publishers. Separated by ||
• esrb_rating: ESRB ratings
• added_status_yet: Number of RAWG users had the game as "Not played"
• added_status_owned: Number of RAWG users had the game as "Owned"
• added_status_beaten: Number of RAWG users had the game as "Completed"
• added_status_toplay: Number of RAWG users had the game as "To play"
• added_status_dropped: Number of RAWG users had the game as "Played but not beaten"
• added_status_playing: Number of RAWG users had the game as "Playing"

Acknowledgements

Thanks to RAWG for providing easy to use and fast API Icon made by Good Ware from www.flaticon.com

Inspiration

With this data, one can create a game recommendation platform as well as drawing insights about the gaming industry and gaming trends.