About Lumiri GameDB
How the service collects, presents and funds independent game information.
Lumiri GameDB is an independent game discovery and comparison service. It brings together game information, store listings, recorded prices, ratings and player activity so visitors can compare sources in one place.
Store names, logos and product information belong to their respective owners. Lumiri GameDB is not affiliated with the stores or game publishers listed on the site.
How the information is updated
Lumiri GameDB checks supported sources in the background and saves successful observations locally. Pages are built from those saved observations, so opening a page does not trigger a new request to a store or rating provider.
Games and store information
New catalogue entries are discovered gradually. Published games are revisited according to their age, release state and available collection capacity. Frequently changing game information is normally checked more often than stable catalogue details.
Prices and discounts
Price collection follows each supported provider's available data and collection schedule, and can run separately from catalogue metadata updates. Coverage and update frequency vary by store and market. A price is a timestamped observation for the displayed listing, country and currency. Check the price's own observation time before comparing offers.
Player activity and trends
Steam player activity is sampled throughout the day. The 50 most played eligible listings are prioritized, with a target of a new observation about every 30 minutes; the rest of the catalogue is updated in rotation as capacity allows. Trending compares the latest six-hour average with the preceding six hours and requires enough recent samples in both periods.
Ratings
Supported aggregate ratings are normally eligible for a daily refresh when their source is enabled. Lumiri GameDB stores the rating summary and observation time, not individual review text or reviewer identities.
Update times are targets, not guarantees. Source availability, rate limits, maintenance, retries and catalogue size can delay an observation. The time shown beside a value tells you when Lumiri GameDB last recorded it.
How to read prices, history and rankings
- Latest recorded price means the newest valid observation Lumiri GameDB has stored for that exact listing and market.
- Historical low means the lowest stored final price for the same listing, country and currency. It is not a claim about the store's complete lifetime price history.
- Combined rating is the arithmetic mean of qualifying source scores normalized to 100. Each included source has equal weight; review counts do not increase its weight. User-rating sources need at least 10 reviews, while verified editorial sources qualify directly.
- Trending measures recent growth in observed Steam players. It does not measure sales, total owners, review quality or editorial preference.
- Recently updated reflects a detected change to tracked information. An unchanged source check does not make a game appear newly updated.
Missing information remains unknown rather than being estimated. Observations from different countries, currencies or store listings are kept separate. Prices can also differ because of regional availability, taxes, platform or product edition. Standard, Deluxe, DLC and other editions are not treated as interchangeable offers unless the listing has been explicitly identified as the same product.
Where an approximate currency value is shown, it is clearly labelled and the original store amount remains unchanged. Always confirm the edition, platform, region, tax treatment and final checkout price with the linked store before purchasing.
Use the evidence to choose what to play
- Build a shortlist in Compare, then open each game's source details to check the edition and platform. Compare offers for the same product and region.
- Read the timestamp beside each price. A recently checked catalogue record can still have an older price observation. Confirm the final offer on the linked store.
- Open the game's price history or Timeline to see how much history supports a discount. A first recorded price gives a starting point; later comparable observations establish changes. Deal Radar adds this recorded context to available discounts.
- Use Rating Decoder to inspect source scores and review counts. A high score backed by few reviews and a large established review pool offer different evidence. Use Trending to find recent player momentum, then check ratings and features to decide whether the game suits you.
Sources, coverage and freshness
Lumiri GameDB primarily uses supported store sources for catalogue details and prices, Steam for current-player observations, and identified rating providers for aggregate ratings. Available fields and update frequency differ by provider, region and game. The presence of a store badge does not mean that every supported data type is available for that listing.
View current provider coverage and observation freshness in Data Status →
Personal data and connected libraries
Read Privacy & cookies for the operator's contact, data handling and browser storage, Terms of use for the rules for members, and Content policy for mature game information.
Public catalogue, price, rating and player-activity pages are built from provider observations, not from a member's personal game library. Connecting a store account does not make private account information part of the public catalogue.
Member library features use only the information needed for the selected feature and respect the member's visibility, playtime and rating-sharing choices. Email addresses and private connection identifiers are not displayed publicly. Members can review these controls in their account settings.
Profile introductions and featured games follow the selected library audience. Members can block other members, reject all friend requests, control optional request emails, download their account data and permanently delete their account. Account deletion removes active account data. Older copies can remain in existing backups until their actual retention period expires; recorded account deletions must be reapplied before a restored backup is opened to members. The privacy notice explains which retention information is still awaiting confirmation.
Profile reports are visible only to authorized moderators. Resolved reports are retained for 180 days and related moderation audit events for 365 days. For urgent safety concerns or appeals, use the official Lumiri contact form.
Affiliate links and commercial relationships
Some store links may be affiliate links. If you follow an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase, Lumiri GameDB may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not determine game rankings, ratings, recorded prices or editorial coverage.
Commission rates, partnerships and advertiser relationships do not improve placement in search results, Trending, Deal Radar or other data-driven views.
Paid placements are labelled as advertisements and identify the promoted advertiser. Any paid placement is separate from store offers and factual comparisons.
Data and corrections
Store availability, prices and other changing information can be delayed or incomplete. The linked store is the source of truth for current availability, final price and purchase terms.
Selected user-rating data is sourced from IGDB.com. IGDB ratings are identified by source and do not determine commercial placement.
Invalid or incomplete responses are not turned into invented values. When a source cannot be checked, the latest valid observation may remain visible with its original timestamp until a later update succeeds.
If you find an incorrect game match, price, edition or catalogue detail, report it through the official Lumiri contact form. Include the GameDB page URL, the field that appears incorrect, the expected source and when you noticed it. Reports are reviewed before stored data or mappings are changed.
Method changes
Collection coverage and ranking methods may evolve as sources and the catalogue change. Material changes to how a public metric is collected, qualified or ranked are documented, and historical observations are not silently rewritten to imitate a new method.
Method information last reviewed: 5 October 2026.