Metacritic Scraper
Spider read metacritic.com in 151 ms without a browser and returned 966 lines of clean markdown, including the section "Latest News".
* Each review is scored based on its overall quality.* The summarized weighted average captures the essence of critical opinion.Learn More## Latest News### Every Game Available for Xbox Game Pass #### Jason Dietz Find an up-to-date list of every game available in the Xbox Game Pass (and PC Game Pass) library at all membership levels, and find out which games are coming soon and leaving soon. * game### 2026-27 Movie Release Calendar #### Jason Dietz Find a schedule of release dates for every movie coming to theaters, VOD, and streaming throughout 2026 and beyond, updated daily. * movie### Notable Video Game Releases: New and Upcoming #### Jason Dietz Find release dates and scores for every major upcoming and recent video game release for all platforms, updated several times per week. * game### What to Watch on Paramount+ Right Now #### Jason Dietz Find a list of the best movies and TV shows recently added to Paramount+ and Paramount+ With Showtime, plus a list of titles coming soon to the streaming services. * tv show### What to Watch on Netflix Right Now #### Jason Dietz Get a list of the best movies and TV shows recently added (and coming soon) to Netflix, updated frequently. You can also find a list of titles leaving Netflix this month. * tv show### New Free & Subscription Games for All Platforms #### Jason Dietz Our frequently updated list shows the latest free games available from Epic Games Store, IndieGala, Steam, Fanatical, GOG, and more as well as new and upcoming titles added to subscription services like Game Pass, PlayStation Plus, Amazon Prime (Luna), and Humble. * game### What to Watch on Apple TV Right Now #### Jason Dietz Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming soon) to Apple TV, updated frequently. * tv showThe same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on metacritic.com.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
stealth: 2,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/");
await page.content();
const data = await page.extractFields({
title: "h1",
metascore: "[data-testid*='critic-score'], [class*='metascore'] span, [title*='Metascore'] span",
userScore: "[data-testid*='user-score'], [class*='userscore'] span",
platform: "[class*='platform'] span, [data-testid*='platform']",
publisher: ".c-gameDetails_Distributor .g-outer-spacing-left-medium-fluid",
releaseDate: ".c-gameDetails_ReleaseDate span:last-child",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What metacritic.com costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.002375 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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