GameDNA vs IGDB

GameDNA is a commercial video game database covering titles from 1971 to today, with tens of thousands of games across major platforms. Basic records include titles, genres, player counts, publishers, developers, and descriptions. Premium adds barcodes, product IDs, Amazon ASIN, eBay EPID, pricing data, and affiliate-ready mapping. The Corpus tier supplies AI training data modeled from real-world game materials, validated for model use and accompanied by provenance data. New titles, identifiers, and pricing are added regularly. Delivery is available through Datarade, Snowflake, and Databricks marketplaces, or by direct and API delivery on request. Shared-dataset queries and versioned snapshot exports are available. Commercial products and platforms require a separate written license agreement. Pricing depends on tier, license term, and use case, with a quote required and no fixed prices shown. GameDNA Telemetry is still in development, with a waitlist offered.

IGDB is a video game information database for searching games, companies, and characters. Search results can be sorted by relevance, title, release date, or rating, and the database accepts community contributions. Developers can query game data and related entities through its API, choosing fields, filters, sorting, and other request options. Non-commercial API use is free under the Twitch Developer Service Agreement. Commercial use requires a partnership, and products integrating the API are expected to show visible user-facing attribution. Access requires a Twitch account with two-factor authentication, an application Client ID and Client Secret, and OAuth2 application credentials. The API allows 4 requests per second, up to 8 open requests at once, and at most 500 results per request. Documentation provides daily-updated CSV data dumps and lists wrappers for several languages. Direct browser requests are not supported because the API has no CORS headers; a backend proxy is recommended. IGDB's API is available for free for non-commercial use, while commercial use requires a partnership.