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Scrape Metacritic rankings and searches for games, movies and TV shows: title, release date, Metascore, critic review count, user score and rating count, platforms, developers, publishers, genres, ESRB rating and summary. Top lists of 5,000+ titles. No login needed.

🎮 Metacritic Scraper

Scrape Metacritic's rankings and searches for games, movies and TV shows: the best-rated games of all time, the top PS5 action RPGs of 2024, the newest releases, or any browse page you pick on the site. Each title comes with its release date, Metascore, critic review count, user score and rating count, platforms, developers, publishers, genres and rating. Rankings of 5,000 titles and more run in one go, with no login, from $1.60 per 1,000 titles, platform usage included.

✨ Why use Metacritic Scraper?

  • 🏆 Whole rankings, not just the first page — read a ranking from the top for as many titles as you need: about 14,000 games have a Metascore, and all of them can be exported in one run. Titles with equal scores are all included: Metacritic shuffles ties between pages, so the actor reads each score group completely.
  • 🧩 Every filter the site has — platform, genre, release year and sort order (Metascore, user score, newest, oldest), set as fields or simply pasted as a Metacritic browse URL.
  • 🏢 Developer and publisher included — details are read from each title's own page: developers, publishers, every platform with its own Metascore, user rating count, franchise and Must-play badge.
  • 🎬 Games, movies and TV shows — the same actor covers movie and TV rankings too, with directors, writers, creators, cast and production companies.
  • 🔎 Searches and single titles — search by name or paste title URLs to get the full record of specific games, movies or shows.
  • ⚡ Fast — the 5,000 best-rated games without details took under 2 minutes in our tests; with details, about 1,000 titles per minute.

🎯 Use cases

  • 📊 Game market research — the best-rated games by platform, genre or year, with who developed and published them.
  • 🧠 Data science and recommendations — critic and user scores, review counts and genres for thousands of titles as one clean table.
  • 🕹️ Publisher and studio analysis — which developers and publishers have the most acclaimed games, and on which platforms.
  • 📰 Content and journalism — "best of the year" lists, release calendars and score round-ups straight from Metacritic.
  • 🎥 Film and TV catalogs — top-rated movies and shows with directors, cast and where to watch.
  • 🤖 AI agents and automations — give an assistant ranked, structured Metacritic data through the API or MCP.

🚀 How to use

  1. Leave Metacritic URLs empty and pick a Type (games, movies, TV shows), Sort by and any filters: platforms, genres, release years. Or paste one or more Metacritic browse, search or title URLs.
  2. Set Max results per ranking or search (for example 5,000 for the 5,000 best-rated games; 0 = the whole ranking).
  3. Keep Include details on for developers, publishers and user rating counts, or turn it off for a faster, lower-cost ranking-only run.
  4. Click Start and export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

📥 Input

FieldWhat it does
startUrlsMetacritic browse pages (https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/...), search pages (/search/zelda/) or title pages (/game/elden-ring/, /movie/the-godfather/, /tv/the-office-uk/)
searchQueriesTitles to search for, limited to the chosen type
maxItemsTitles per ranking or search, from the top (0 = all)
includeDetailsRead each title's own page: developers, publishers, user rating count, platform scores, cast and crew
typegames, movies or tv (when no URL is given, and for searches)
sortBymetascore, userscore, newest, oldest, metascore-asc, userscore-asc
platformsGames only: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mobile, PS4, Xbox One, ...
genrese.g. Action RPG, Open-World Action, Platformer, Shooter; Drama, Comedy for movies and TV
releaseYearMin / releaseYearMaxRelease year range

The 5,000 best-rated games of all time, with developers:

{
  "type": "games",
  "sortBy": "metascore",
  "maxItems": 5000,
  "includeDetails": true
}

The best PS5 and PC action RPGs released from 2020 to 2025, by user score, from a browse URL:

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/action-rpg/all-time/userscore/?platform=ps5&platform=pc&releaseYearMin=2020&releaseYearMax=2025"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Browse URLs carry their own filters; the Type, Sort, platform, genre and year fields are used when no URL or search is given.

📤 Output

One row per title.

FieldDescription
rankPosition in the ranking for the chosen order (titles with equal scores share a rank)
title, urlTitle and its Metacritic page
releaseDate, releaseYearRelease date (lead platform for games)
metascore, criticReviewCount, metascoreSentimentCritic score (0-100), Metacritic's count of critic reviews for the title, verdict such as "Universal acclaim"
criticReviewsPositive / Mixed / NegativeCritic review split
userScore, userRatingCount, userScoreSentimentUser score (0-10) as the ranking shows it, number of user ratings and verdict on the title's main page (details; with a platform filter the ranking can show another platform's score); null while Metacritic shows "tbd"
platformsGames: platforms (all of them with details)
developers, publishersGames, with details
platformScoresGames, with details: each platform's Metascore, review count and release date
franchises, mustPlay, regionsGames, with details
directors, writers, creators, cast, productionCompanies, networks, imdbIdMovies and TV, with details
durationMinutes, seasons, whereToWatch, taglineMovies and TV
genres, rating, summary, imageUrlGenres, age rating (ESRB for games), description, cover image
type, slug, metacriticId, source, positionTitle type, Metacritic ids, the URL or search the row came from and its position there
detailsIncluded, detailsError, scrapedAtWhether details were added (and why not), time of the scrape
{
  "type": "game",
  "rank": 1,
  "title": "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)",
  "url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time/",
  "releaseDate": "1998-11-23",
  "releaseYear": 1998,
  "metascore": 99,
  "criticReviewCount": 22,
  "metascoreSentiment": "Universal acclaim",
  "criticReviewsPositive": 22,
  "criticReviewsMixed": 0,
  "criticReviewsNegative": 0,
  "userScore": 9.1,
  "userRatingCount": 15471,
  "userScoreSentiment": "Universal acclaim",
  "platforms": ["Nintendo 64"],
  "developers": ["Nintendo"],
  "publishers": ["Nintendo", "Gradiente"],
  "genres": ["Open-World Action"],
  "rating": "E",
  "summary": "As a young boy, Link is tricked by Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo Thieves...",
  "imageUrl": "https://www.metacritic.com/a/img/catalog/provider/6/3/6-1-4763-13.jpg",
  "slug": "the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time",
  "metacriticId": 1300001290,
  "source": "games by Metascore (highest first)",
  "position": 1,
  "detailsIncluded": true,
  "detailsError": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-09T13:13:19Z",
  "platformScores": [{"platform": "Nintendo 64", "metascore": 99, "criticReviewCount": 22, "releaseDate": "1998-11-23", "isLeadPlatform": true}],
  "franchises": ["Legend of Zelda"],
  "mustPlay": true,
  "regions": ["North America", "Japan", "Europe", "Australia", "South America", "Asia"]
}

💰 Pricing

You pay per title saved, plus a details add-on for each title whose own page was read. Platform usage (compute and proxy) is included, so that is the whole price.

EventFreeStarterScaleBusiness
Title (per 1,000)$2.00$2.00$1.60$1.60
Title details add-on (per 1,000)$2.25$2.25$1.80$1.80

Example: the 5,000 best-rated games with developers and publishers cost $21.25 on the Free plan ($17.00 on Business); without details, $10.00 ($8.00 on Business). If a title's own page cannot be read, the row is saved without details and only the title event is charged. Title URLs always read the title's own page (title + details).

❓ FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Metacritic? The actor reads public pages that anyone can open without an account. Check that your use of the data respects Metacritic's terms and the laws that apply to you.

Do I need a login or a proxy? No. Requests go through Scrape.ly datacenter proxies by default.

How many titles can I get? As many as the ranking holds: about 14,000 games with a Metascore (and many more by release date), 17,000+ movies and 3,000+ TV shows. Set Max results to 0 for the whole ranking.

Why is the developer empty? Developers, publishers and user rating counts come from each title's own page: keep Include details on. A few titles list no developer on Metacritic.

Why do platform and genre filters sometimes cover several genres? Some genre names in Metacritic's filter list (Platformer, Shooter, Fighting, Open-World and a few others) hold no titles themselves; the actor uses their sub-genres instead (for example Platformer = 2D Platformer + 3D Platformer) and logs which ones.

Can I schedule it or use the API? Yes. Schedule runs to track scores over time, or start runs through the Scrape.ly API, MCP or integrations.

⚠️ Limits

  • Games, movies and TV shows only; music albums are not covered.
  • Individual critic and user review texts are not included, only the scores and review counts.
  • Metacritic shows one lead platform per game in rankings; turn details on for every platform and its own score.
  • The page number in a pasted browse URL is ignored: the ranking is read from the top up to Max results.
  • Newest / oldest orders: Metacritic lists many titles under the same release day and orders them differently from page to page; the actor reads overlapping pages, which keeps every title of a day with up to 50 releases. On busier days a title can be missed or the day's order can differ from the site.
  • User scores are null while Metacritic shows "tbd" (not enough ratings yet).

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