Game Data & API
How VAULTD.gg sources and structures game data.
Data Source
VAULTD.gg uses the RAWG.io API to power all game data — covers, titles, genres, platforms, release dates, and Metacritic scores. RAWG is the world's largest video game database with 500,000+ games.
Community ratings and reviews displayed on VAULTD.gg are generated by our users and stored in our own database separately from RAWG data.
Public API
VAULTD.gg does not currently offer a public API. If you're building something that requires game data, we recommend using the RAWG API directly — it's free for non-commercial use.
Game Data Structure
Each game object from RAWG includes the following fields used by VAULTD.gg:
{
"id": 3498,
"name": "Grand Theft Auto V",
"slug": "grand-theft-auto-v",
"released": "2013-09-17",
"metacritic": 97,
"rating": 4.47,
"background_image": "https://media.rawg.io/media/games/456/456dea5e1c7e3cd07060c14e96612001.jpg",
"genres": [
{ "id": 4, "name": "Action", "slug": "action" },
{ "id": 3, "name": "Adventure", "slug": "adventure" }
],
"platforms": [
{ "platform": { "id": 4, "name": "PC", "slug": "pc" } },
{ "platform": { "id": 187, "name": "PlayStation 5", "slug": "playstation5" } }
]
}Field Reference
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | number | Unique RAWG game ID |
| name | string | Game title |
| slug | string | URL-friendly identifier used in /games/[slug] |
| released | string | null | Release date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| metacritic | number | null | Metacritic score (0–100) |
| rating | number | RAWG community rating (0–5) |
| background_image | string | null | Cover/hero image URL |
| genres | array | Genre objects with id, name, slug |
| platforms | array | Platform objects with id, name, slug |