Google Play Games Store API

Our Google Play Games Store API allows you to scrape SERP results from Google Play Games Store. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_play_games. A user may query the following: https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google_play_games utilizing a GET request. Head to the playground for a live and interactive demo.

Three types of searches you can do are:
- Query Search: by using q parameter (Same Results with Google Play Apps Store)
- Category Search: by using games_category parameter
- Plain Search: without using q or games_category parameters (Same Results with  games_category=GAME Results)

API Parameters

Search Query

q

Optional

Parameter defines the query you want to search in Google Play Games Store.

Localization

gl

Optional

Parameter defines the country to use for the Google Play search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us (default) for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France). You can find the full list of Google Play country availability here: Google Play Countries. Afterwards, head to the Google countries page page for a two-letter country code.

hl

Optional

Parameter defines the language to use for the Google Play search. It's a two-letter language code. (e.g., en (default) for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French). Head to the Google languages page for a full list of supported Google languages.

Google Play Categories

games_category

Optional

Parameter defines the games store category. Head to the Google Play store Games Categories for a full list of supported Google Play Games store categories.

Advanced Google Play Parameters

store_device

Optional

Parameter defines the device for sorting results. This parameter cannot be used with games_category or q parameters. Available options:
phone - Phone device (default)
windows - Windows device
tablet - Tablet device
tv - TV device
chromebook - Chromebook device
watch - Watch device

Pagination

next_page_token

Optional

Parameter defines the next page token. It is used for retrieving the next page results. It shouldn't be used with the section_page_tokensee_more_token, and chart parameters.

section_page_token

Optional

Parameter defines the section page token used for retrieving the pagination results from individual sections. This parameter is a safer version of see_more_token, and is found in every row you can paginate into. It shouldn't be used with the next_page_tokensee_more_token, and chart parameters

chart

Optional

Parameter is used for showing top charts. It can return up to 50 results. Each store contains different charts which require different values for retrieving results. To get the value of a specific chart you can use our Google Play Games Store API JSON output: chart_options[index].value (e.g. chart=topselling_free). It shouldn't be used with the section_page_tokensee_more_token, and next_page_token parameters

see_more_token

Optional

Parameter defines the see more token used for retrieving the pagination results from individual sections It is usually found in next page results. It shouldn't be used with the section_page_tokennext_page_token, and chart, parameters

Serpapi Parameters

engine

Required

Set parameter to google_play_games to use the Google Play Games API engine.

no_cache

Optional

Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Play results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.

async

Optional

Parameter defines the way you want to submit your search to SerpApi. It can be set to false (default) to open an HTTP connection and keep it open until you got your search results, or true to just submit your search to SerpApi and retrieve them later. In this case, you'll need to use our Searches Archive API to retrieve your results. async and no_cache parameters should not be used together. async should not be used on accounts with Ludicrous Speed enabled.

zero_trace

Optional

Enterprise only. Parameter enables ZeroTrace mode. It can be set to false (default) or true. Enable this mode to skip storing search parameters, search files, and search metadata on our servers. This may make debugging more difficult.

api_key

Required

Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.

output

Optional

Parameter defines the final output you want. It can be set to json (default) to get a structured JSON of the results, or html to get the raw html retrieved.

API Results

JSON Results

JSON output includes structured data for Games Store Organic Results, Chart Options, and Top Charts results.

A search status is accessible through search_metadata.status. It flows this way: Processing -> Success || Error. If a search has failed, error will contain an error message. search_metadata.id is the search ID inside SerpApi.

Six types of result structures you can encounter are:
- Rows Results type Organic Results
- List Results type Organic Results
- Top Charts Results
- Chart Options Results
- Items Highlight Results
- App Highlight Results

HTML Results

HTML output is useful to debug JSON results or support features not supported yet by SerpApi. HTML output gives you the raw HTML results from Google.
This API does not have html response when using pagination, retrieving top charts, or retrieveing some games_category results. It is just a text. search_metadata.prettify_html_file contains prettified version of the result. It is displayed in the playground.

API Examples

JSON structure overview for Rows Type Organic Results, Chart Options, and Items Highlight Results

{
  ...
  "app_highlight": {
    "title": "String - App Highlight Title (Ex: 'PUBG MOBILE')",
    "link": "String - Link of the item in the app highlight block (Ex: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.ig')",
    "product_id": "String - Product Id of the item in the app highlight block (Ex: 'com.tencent.ig')",
    "serpapi_link": "String - Thumbnail link of the item in app highlight block",
    "rating": "Float - App Highlight Rating (Ex: 4.5)",
    "reviews": "Integer - Number of Reviews (Ex: 13000)",
    "content_rating": {
      "text": "String - ESRB Rating of the App Highlight (Ex: 'Everyone')",
      "thumbnail": "String - Thumbnail link of the ESRB Rating"
    },
    "downloads": "String - Number of downloads (Ex: '500K+')",
    "author": "String - App Highlight developer (Ex: 'Level Infinite')",
    "description": "String - App Highlight description",
    "thumbnail": "String - App Highlight thumbnail link",
    "images": [
      "String - Image of App Highlight",
      ...
    ],
    "offers": [
      {
        "text": "String - Offer text of App Higlight (Ex: 'Download')",
        "link": "String - Offer link of the App Highlight"
      }
    ]
  },
  "chart_options": [
    {
      "text": "String - Chart Option text (Ex: 'Top paid')",
      "value": "String - Chart Option value (Ex: 'topselling_paid')"
    }
  ],
  "items_highlight": [
    [
      {
        "title": "String - Title of the item in the highlighted block (Ex: 'EA SPORTS MLB TAP BASEBALL 23')",
        "subtitle": "String - Subtitle of the item in the highlight block (Ex: 'Build your MLB dynasty and manage your all-star team')",
        "link": "String - Link of the item in the highlight block (Ex: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.tsb')",
        "product_id": "String - Product Id of the item in the highlight block (Ex: 'com.ea.tsb')",
        "serpapi_link": "String - SerpApi Google Play Product API link with the product id",
        "thumbnail": "String - Thumbnail link of the item in highlight block"
      },
      ...
    ],
    ...
  ],
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "title": "String - Organic Result Row title (Ex: 'New & updated games')",
      "subtitle": "String - Organic Result Row subtitle (Ex: 'Google Play Games on PC')"
      "serpapi_section_pagination": {
        "next": "String - SerpApi link for paginating into individual row sections",
        "section_page_token": "String - Section Page Token for paginating into individual row sections"
      },
      "see_more_link": "String - Google Play link for paginating into individual row sections. This pagination is not always available.",
      "see_more_token": "String - See More Token for paginating into individual row sections. This pagination is not always available.",
      "serpapi_link": "String - SerpApi link for paginating into individual row sections. This pagination is not always available.",
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "String - Organic Result title (Ex: 'Subway Surfers')",
          "link": "String - Organic Result link (Ex: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
          "product_id": "String - Organic Result product id (Ex: 'com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
          "serpapi_link": "String - SerpApi Google Play Product API link with the product id.",
          "rating": "Float - Organic Result rating (Ex: 4.5)",
          "author": "String - Organic Result developer (Ex: 'SYBO Games')",
          "category": "String - Organic Result category (Ex: 'Arcade')",
          "downlaods": "String - Number of downloads (Ex: '1,000,000,000+')"
          "old_price": "String - Organic Result old price (Ex: '$8.99')",
          "extracted_old_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted old price (Ex: 8.99)",
          "price": "String - Organic Result price (Ex: '$6.99')",
          "extracted_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted price (Ex: 6.99)",
          "thumbnail": "String - Organic Result thumbnail",
          "description": "String - Organic Result description",
          "feature_image": "String - Featured Image Link of Organic Result",
          "images": [
            "String - Image link of Organic Result"
          ]
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ],
  "serpapi_pagination": {
    "next": "String - SerpApi link for paginating to next page of rows results",
    "next_page_token": "String - Next Page Token for paginating to next page of rows results"
  },
  ...
}

JSON structure overview for List Type Organic Results

{
  ...
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "title": "String - Organic Result Row title (Ex: 'New & updated games')",
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "String - Organic Result title (Ex: 'Subway Surfers')",
          "link": "String - Organic Result link (Ex: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
          "product_id": "String - Organic Result product id (Ex: 'com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
          "serpapi_link": "String - SerpApi Google Play Product API link with the product id.",
          "rating": "Float - Organic Result rating (Ex: 4.5)",
          "author": "String - Organic Result developer (Ex: 'SYBO Games')",
          "category": "String - Organic Result category (Ex: 'Arcade')",
          "downlaods": "String - Number of downloads (Ex: '1,000,000,000+')"
          "old_price": "String - Organic Result old price (Ex: '$8.99')",
          "extracted_old_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted old price (Ex: 8.99)",
          "price": "String - Organic Result price (Ex: '$6.99')",
          "extracted_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted price (Ex: 6.99)",
          "thumbnail": "String - Organic Result thumbnail",
          "description": "String - Organic Result description",
          "feature_image": "String - Featured Image Link of Organic Result",
          "images": [
            "String - Image link of Organic Result"
          ]
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    ...
  ],
  "serpapi_pagination": {
    "next": "String - SerpApi link for paginating to next page of list results",
    "next_page_token": "String - Next Page Token for paginating to next page of list results"
  },
  ...
}

JSON structure overview for Top Charts Results

{
  ...
  "top_charts": [
    {
      "title": "String - Organic Result title (Ex: 'Subway Surfers')",
      "link": "String - Organic Result link (Ex: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
      "product_id": "String - Organic Result product id (Ex: 'com.kiloo.subwaysurf')",
      "serpapi_link": "String - SerpApi Google Play Product API link with the product id.",
      "rating": "Float - Organic Result rating (Ex: 4.5)",
      "author": "String - Organic Result developer (Ex: 'SYBO Games')",
      "category": "String - Organic Result category (Ex: 'Arcade')",
      "downlaods": "String - Number of downloads (Ex: '1,000,000,000+')"
      "old_price": "String - Organic Result old price (Ex: '$8.99')",
      "extracted_old_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted old price (Ex: 8.99)",
      "price": "String - Organic Result price (Ex: '$6.99')",
      "extracted_price": "Float - Organic Result extracted price (Ex: 6.99)",
      "thumbnail": "String - Organic Result thumbnail",
      "description": "String - Organic Result description"
    },
    ...
  ],
  ...
}

API Examples

Items highlights overview

Items highlights overview

JSON Example

{
  ...
  "items_highlight": [
    [
      {
        "title": "8 Ball Pool",
        "subtitle": "Throw down for the Ultimate Rumble Quest",
        "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miniclip.eightballpool",
        "product_id": "com.miniclip.eightballpool",
        "serpapi_link": "https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google_play_product&gl=us&hl=en&platform=phone&product_id=com.miniclip.eightballpool&sort_by=1&store=apps",
        "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/bPz1guJ6FHF3oIOEy3KqwpaDDKO-hLRaZoyzmM8bLFLN8fWm6L0_EuUnkwv9iqPo3Ag=s64"
      },
      {
        "title": "Homescapes",
        "subtitle": "Help William & Austin clear obstacles to reach Butler's Peak",
        "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playrix.homescapes",
        "product_id": "com.playrix.homescapes",
        "serpapi_link": "https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google_play_product&gl=us&hl=en&platform=phone&product_id=com.playrix.homescapes&sort_by=1&store=apps",
        "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/gSjFqN95LD5aX2zksiuZda21c-HKJpePUTp54C3_niK8mx1jEzpgut4u72d_P94YTRo=s64"
      },
      {
        "title": "Cooking Fever: Restaurant Game",
        "subtitle": "Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of Korean cuisine with the new update!",
        "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nordcurrent.canteenhd",
        "product_id": "com.nordcurrent.canteenhd",
        "serpapi_link": "https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google_play_product&gl=us&hl=en&platform=phone&product_id=com.nordcurrent.canteenhd&sort_by=1&store=apps",
        "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/YrCNaDzpHFs4VO6gQmFFjFCMWi3UWBC1qWuhMe4rlb4e1JjhGtzpCb1VDS5eQ4Rl8W4=s64"
      },
      ...
    ],
    ...
  ],
  ...
}

App highlight overview

Some searches can contain the app_highlight. This block will usualy show up when searching for a specific game.

App highlight overview

JSON Example

{
  ...
  "app_highlight": {
    "title": "PUBG MOBILE",
    "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.ig",
    "product_id": "com.tencent.ig",
    "serpapi_link": "https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google_play_product&gl=us&hl=en&platform=phone&product_id=com.tencent.ig&sort_by=1&store=apps",
    "rating": 4.2,
    "reviews": 44700000,
    "content_rating": {
      "text": "Teen",
      "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/mw_NfsvKM8m6RPv8Fz2GQawCOsqWv010saMnc7zbWalMxuaA9IY8h7E0VMieLxSxAFB98NFeYqbFrXXq=w48-h16"
    },
    "downloads": "500M+",
    "author": "Level Infinite",
    "description": "Choice of Over 1 Billion Players! Ultimate Battle Royale On Mobile!",
    "video": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpIngg8qf7s?ps=play&vq=large&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=0",
    "thumbnail": "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/yqVgz686uMJ1hwxEBW9D0ym-QLpVZ2JEJphcRm7Dz7NdXma0gRLtK5roTLbEz2LfFQk=s64",
    "images": [
      "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/THbzuhTW4zgkc5TkdLoxxB7XGu9Mijy-nkc3zk4fBzsMK3LFNLhFQkea0Q75-d-0BCxM=w720-h405",
      "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/61g5iT38mCkQWbcTsV9EVb6MQGY2gWjPZKw39JGjXzKD1SekhPrw9sbuT9_0ybp7u41-=w526-h296",
      "https://play-lh.googleusercontent.com/EZGbtdIC4AkOkmmZhVJUOx0dkyV8Tt5Z-huatpoRM74SLgIPJX-rmdhtLdP0FgurHig=w526-h296",
      ...
    ],
    "offers": [
      {
        "text": "Install",
        "link": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tencent.ig&rdid=com.tencent.ig&feature=md&offerId"
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
}