Discover games (deals, new releases, Steam Deck, rating)
discover_gamesFilter the entire Steam catalog by discount, release date, Steam Deck/SteamOS/VR compatibility, native OS builds, review scores, and user tags to discover games that match your criteria.
Instructions
Find games across the whole Steam catalog (keyless), filtered by ANY combination of: discount (min_discount — for 'what's on sale'), release recency (released_after / released_within_days — for 'new games'), hardware compatibility (steam_deck for Steam Deck, steam_os for SteamOS in general, steam_machine for the Steam Machine console specifically, steam_frame for the Steam Frame VR headset), native OS build (platform — windows/mac/linux), review quality (min_review / min_reviews), and user tags (tags — e.g. ['Roguelike', 'Deckbuilding'] for 'games like X'). Each result returns price/discount, review %, all four compat statuses, a vr_support flag (none/supported/required), popular tags, a clickable store_url, discount_end (when a deal expires) and release date in one call. Examples: '>80% off with 90%+ reviews' → set min_discount + min_review; 'recent well-reviewed games that run on Steam Deck' → set released_within_days + steam_deck + min_review; 'roguelike deckbuilders on sale' → tags:['Roguelike','Deckbuilding'] + min_discount; 'games that run on the Steam Machine' → steam_machine; 'games that run on SteamOS' → steam_os. No appids needed — unlike get_items, which prices a list you already have. For 'games like X' from a SINGLE named title, get its tags via get_items and pass them here; for taste inferred from the player's WHOLE library instead, use get_recommended_games (key-gated). Note: the Steam catalog API has no release-date/tag sort or filter, so results are scanned popularity-first and the recency, compat and tag filters are applied over that window — great for popular titles; a niche match may fall outside the top count (raise count for stricter filters).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| tags | No | Keep only games carrying ALL of these user tags (case-insensitive), e.g. ['Roguelike','Deckbuilding']. Use exact Steam tag names. Applied over the scanned popularity window, so raise `count` when combining niche tags. | |
| count | No | How many catalog entries to scan (default 50). Raise for stricter filters. | |
| start | No | Pagination offset into the catalog. | |
| country | No | Country (cc) for prices/currency; overrides STEAM_COUNTRY for this call. | |
| language | No | Store language (e.g. english, russian); overrides STEAM_LANGUAGE for this call. | |
| platform | No | NATIVE-build filter: keep only games shipping a native build for this OS (windows/mac/linux). 'linux' = a native Linux/SteamOS port. This is NOT Proton — for games that run via Proton compatibility use steam_os / steam_deck instead. Each result's `platforms` field lists its native builds, while steam_os/steam_deck report Proton compatibility, so native vs Proton stay distinct. | |
| steam_os | No | SteamOS compatibility — how well it runs on SteamOS in general (via Proton): 'verified' = SteamOS-Verified only; 'playable' = Playable or Verified. For a NATIVE Linux build instead, use platform:'linux'; for the Steam Machine console specifically, use steam_machine. | |
| min_review | No | Minimum positive-review %, e.g. 85. Applied over the returned page. | |
| steam_deck | No | Steam Deck compatibility (runs via Proton): 'verified' = Deck-Verified only; 'playable' = Playable or Verified. Not a native Linux build — see `platform` for that. | |
| min_reviews | No | Minimum review count (filters out games with too few reviews). | |
| steam_frame | No | Steam Frame (VR headset) compatibility: 'verified' = Frame-Verified only; 'playable' = Playable or Verified. | |
| min_discount | No | Minimum discount %, e.g. 80 for '80%+ off' — this is the 'deals' filter. Omit to include full-price games. | |
| steam_machine | No | Steam Machine (Valve's console) compatibility (via Proton): 'verified' = Steam-Machine-Verified only; 'playable' = Playable or Verified. Its own rating, distinct from the general steam_os one. | |
| released_after | No | Keep only games released on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). | |
| released_within_days | No | Alternative to released_after: released within the last N days. |