Apps
News
Get the latest news items for a Steam game, including community announcements and external press coverage.
Endpoint
This endpoint returns the latest news items for a specific Steam game, aggregating Steam Community Announcements and external press feeds (PC Gamer, PCGamesN, SteamDB, Rock Paper Shotgun, and so on). Items are ordered newest-first by publishedTimestamp.
GET /v2/steam/apps/{appid}/news
Required parameters
appid
number
The Steam application ID of the game whose news you want to fetch.
Authentication
Include your API key as the x-api-key request header.
x-api-key: YourSecretAPIKey
Response fields
The response is an array of news items.
News item
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | string | The news item's unique identifier (from Steam). |
title | string | The news item's title. |
url | string | URL to the full news item. For external items, this is a Steam redirect URL. |
urlExternal | boolean | Whether url points to content hosted outside Steam. |
author | string | Author of the news item. May be an empty string. |
content | string | Body of the news item. May contain HTML. |
publishedTimestamp | number | Unix timestamp of when the item was published. |
feed | string | The feed's display name (for example "PC Gamer", "Community Announcements"). |
feedName | string | The feed's internal identifier. |
feedType | number | Feed type. Observed values: 0 for external press feeds, 1 for Steam Community Announcements. |
appID | number | The Steam application ID the news item is associated with. |
tags | array|undefined | Optional list of string tags attached to the item (for example "steam_award_nomination_request"). Absent on most items. |
The
content field may contain HTML — sanitize it before rendering in your own UI.Response example
Example output for this endpoint. For brevity's sake, most items were omitted.
response.json
{
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"id": "1828894815558283",
"title": "SPRING CLEAN",
"url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828894815558283",
"urlExternal": true,
"author": "Errn",
"content": "NEW ITEM: ARMOURED LADDER HATCH...",
"publishedTimestamp": 1775151996,
"feed": "Community Announcements",
"feedName": "steam_community_announcements",
"feedType": 1,
"appID": 252490
},
{
"id": "1828894815563361",
"title": "Rust's Spring Clean update nerfs the shield meta and boosts early game energy",
"url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/PCGamesN/1828894815563361",
"urlExternal": true,
"author": "editor@pcgamesn.com",
"content": "The Rust April update is here...",
"publishedTimestamp": 1775327209,
"feed": "PCGamesN",
"feedName": "PCGamesN",
"feedType": 0,
"appID": 252490
},
{
"id": "1819386365102640",
"title": "Final Round of Voting - Rust in the Steam Awards",
"url": "https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1819386365102640",
"urlExternal": true,
"author": "ashfacepunch",
"content": "We're through to the final round!...",
"publishedTimestamp": 1766430051,
"feed": "Community Announcements",
"feedName": "steam_community_announcements",
"feedType": 1,
"appID": 252490,
"tags": ["steam_award_vote_request", "mod_hide_library_overview"]
}
]
}