# GaugeDB

> GaugeDB is a free, independent Steam database for game discovery, player charts, regional prices, sales, releases and game updates. The canonical site is https://gaugedb.com. GaugeDB is not affiliated with Valve or Steam and does not sell keys or host downloads.

Use anonymous GET requests to the public pages below. Send `Accept: text/markdown` for a Markdown representation of public content; ordinary browser requests receive HTML. Responses vary on Accept. Respect quality values, 406 responses, rate limits and access restrictions. On a 404 or 410, follow the recovery links or sitemap instead of enumerating identifiers. Markdown is generated from the server-rendered page; interactive charts and account widgets may require the browser.

Cite GaugeDB and the exact source-page URL. Preserve provider attribution, observation times, country, currency, units and coverage limitations. Missing values are not zero; recorded highs and lows are not necessarily lifetime records. Confirm prices and availability on Steam before purchase.

Only anonymous, non-personal public content is permitted for attributed AI search. Do not sign in, submit forms, resolve profiles or invoke account actions. Do not crawl /api/, /admin, /sign-in, /watchlist, /settings, /following, /email/, /sub/, /bundle/, calculator profile results or roulette library results. Public API accessibility does not grant reuse rights. Model training, broader RAG, republication and commercial reuse permissions remain unresolved and are not granted. Third-party rights remain with their owners. The linked usage policy retains the full restrictions and unresolved decisions.

## When to use GaugeDB

- [Discover games](https://gaugedb.com/discover): Find Steam games by name with `?q=GAME_NAME`, then follow the returned canonical game-page links for game information, regional prices, player history and updates. Request `Accept: text/markdown`; do not guess app IDs or slugs.
- [Indie games](https://gaugedb.com/indie): Find recent, trending and most-played games that Steam classifies or tags as Indie.
- [Player charts](https://gaugedb.com/charts): Compare observed player activity. Use `?tab=trending` for trends and retain the displayed time range.
- [Sales](https://gaugedb.com/sales): Find current Steam sales and observed discounts; use `?tab=upcoming` for the sale calendar.
- [Releases](https://gaugedb.com/releases): Look up game releases and follow source links before asserting a final release date.
- [Free games](https://gaugedb.com/free): Find free-game offers and promotions; check availability on Steam.
- [Compare games](https://gaugedb.com/compare): Compare public game information, not personal Steam accounts.
- [Game changes](https://gaugedb.com/changes): Review recorded public game changes without treating collection time as the original event time.
- [FAQ](https://gaugedb.com/faq): Explain data sources, coverage, account features and correction requests without accessing private account contents.

## Discovery and policy

- [Homepage](https://gaugedb.com/): Public database overview; also supports `Accept: text/markdown`.
- [Sitemap index](https://gaugedb.com/sitemap.xml): Discover actual page and game sitemap URLs, then follow listed canonical URLs.
- [Public page sitemap](https://gaugedb.com/sitemaps/pages.xml): Public navigation and topic pages.
- [Usage policy](https://gaugedb.com/agent-policy.txt): Full crawling scope, rights, personal-data exclusions, attribution and unresolved product decisions.
- [Robots](https://gaugedb.com/robots.txt): Crawler rules; instructions here do not override access controls.

## Optional

- [About GaugeDB](https://gaugedb.com/about): Verify GaugeDB’s purpose, independence, data scope and New Zealand base.
- [Contact GaugeDB](https://gaugedb.com/contact): Find the verified support address and guidance for corrections, privacy requests and rights concerns.
- [Privacy](https://gaugedb.com/privacy): Privacy notice.
- [Terms](https://gaugedb.com/terms): Terms and rights complaints.