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CheapShark
What it is
CheapShark is a free service for finding and comparing prices on digital PC game downloads. Users can search for games, browse and filter deals, and view listings by store. CheapShark says it collects pricing from stores including Steam, GreenManGaming, GOG, and GamersGate, and that store prices are generally updated once per hour. Deal ratings take account of game age, discount size, Metacritic rating, and deal freshness. Users can view the lowest price a game has reached on CheapShark and set email alerts for a game’s price. The service also hosts frequent game giveaways. CheapShark says listed stores must have direct relationships with the publishers and developers whose games they sell. It lists third-party apps using its API, including Android and iOS apps, alongside its web service. The Free plan is free and includes deal browsing and email price alerts. Some stores pay CheapShark a percentage when users buy through its links; the service says listed prices are believed accurate but does not guarantee accuracy or availability.
For and against
For
- Free plan includes deal browsing and email alerts
- Shows a game's lowest listed price on CheapShark
- Deal ratings consider discount size and freshness
- Lists stores including Steam, GOG, and GamersGate
- Hosts frequent game giveaways
Against
- Tracks PC digital downloads, not physical store prices
- Listed prices and availability are not guaranteed
The verdict
CheapShark brings store listings, deal filters, price history, and alerts into one service for digital PC downloads. Keep its stated price-accuracy limitation in mind when following a listing.
Who it suits
CheapShark suits people comparing digital PC game download prices across stores and looking for deal alerts or price history. It is not for tracking physical store prices.
Plans and prices
Free
PC digital-game price comparison · deal browsing and filtering · search · email price alerts
Read 15 Oct 2026 · cheapshark.com
On the record
- Accuracy limits
- CheapShark says listed prices are believed accurate but it does not guarantee their accuracy or availability.cheapshark.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- API and apps
- CheapShark lists third-party apps that use its API, including apps for Android and iOS.cheapshark.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- API attribution condition
- API users must use CheapShark links when sending users to tracked-store deals.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- The API documentation says no authorization or API key is needed.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API availability
- The API documentation describes a public API for using CheapShark pricing data in other apps or websites.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API CORS
- The API documentation says it supports CORS and recommends browser or app-direct requests when possible.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API endpoints
- An independent API directory lists documented /status, /health and /ping endpoints.shipapis.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- API pricing
- The API documentation says the API is completely free to use.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API rate limiting
- Excessive API requests can return HTTP 429 and trigger a temporary or potentially permanent block.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API uptime
- Shipapis recorded 98.9% CheapShark API uptime over 90 days and 100% over 30 days.shipapis.dev · read 15 Oct 2026
- API user agent
- Incoming API requests are required to send a descriptive User-Agent header.apidocs.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deal browsing
- The browse page supports title, exact-match, store, AAA, Steamworks, on-sale and duplicate-hiding filters.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deal ratings
- CheapShark rates deals using factors including game age, discount size, Metacritic rating, and deal freshness.cheapshark.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Deal scoring
- Deal ratings consider game age, discount size, Metacritic score and deal freshness.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Domain registration
- Scam Detector lists the domain creation date as March 18, 2012.scam-detector.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Founded timing
- The creator said in the AMA that CheapShark was founded a little more than a year before the April 2013 post.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Founder statement
- In a Reddit AMA, the creator said the service compares prices from digital distributors such as Steam, Amazon and GreenManGaming.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Giveaways
- CheapShark says it hosts frequent game giveaways.cheapshark.com · read 15 Oct 2026
