Game Scout

The ultimate gaming companion for Raycast. Search across multiple storefronts, track historical lows, discover free giveaways, and catch the best daily deals without leaving your launcher.

Features

Search Games: Quickly look up any game, see its current price, all-time low, and active bundles (via IsThereAnyDeal API).
Smart Recommendation Engine: Get instant verdicts (👍 STRONG OPPORTUNITY, 🟢 GOOD OPPORTUNITY, 🟡 AVERAGE TIMING, 🟠 WEAK OPPORTUNITY, ❌ POOR OPPORTUNITY) plus overrides (🎁 FREE TO CLAIM, 📦 CHEAPER IN BUNDLE) based on historical lows and bundle value analysis.
Price History Charts: Visual price trend graphs (3-month, 6-month, 1-year ranges) generated directly in the detail view (via QuickChart.io). (Note: Can be toggled off in preferences to save API limits).
Bundle Content Viewer: Inspect active bundle tiers, prices, and included games without leaving the extension (via IsThereAnyDeal API).
Manage Stores: Globally filter Search, Saved Games, and Top Deals to only show prices from your preferred storefronts.
Saved Games: Add games to your personal watchlist. Features advanced filtering (Only Deals, Biggest Discount, Best Opportunities) and a dynamic 🔥 Price Drops section. (via IsThereAnyDeal API).
Top Deals: Discover the highest-rated game deals across 30+ official stores, powered by the CheapShark Deal Rating algorithm (via CheapShark API - No API key required).
Free Games: Never miss a 100% free game or DLC giveaway across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, VR and Mobile platforms (via GamerPower API - No API key required).

Setup

The Top Deals, Free Games, and Manage Stores commands work out of the box.

To use the Search and Saved Games features, a free API key from IsThereAnyDeal is required:

Create an account at IsThereAnyDeal.
Go to the Apps page and click Register App.
Enter a name for the application and click Submit.
On your app's dashboard, locate the API Keys section on the right side.
Copy the generated API key. (Important: Use the API Key, not the OAuth Client ID or Client Secret on the left).
In Raycast, open the extension preferences and fill in:
- IsThereAnyDeal API Key — the API key you generated.
- Country — select your preferred region for pricing data.
- Configure optional preferences (e.g., max results, showing mature/DLC content, min discount, update frequency, and toggling the Price History Chart).

Commands

Command	Description
Search Games	Look up current prices, historical lows, and bundles for any game.
Saved Games	Manage your personal watchlist and track active price drops.
Top Deals	Browse the best daily discounts across 30+ official stores.
Free Games	Find 100% free games, DLCs, and giveaways across all platforms.
Manage Stores	Select which stores to include in your searches and deals.

Actions

Global Actions

Enter — View detailed information (prices, charts, bundles, instructions) in full-screen.

Search & Saved Games

Cmd+S / Ctrl+S — Save / Remove game from your watchlist.
Cmd+B / Ctrl+B — View bundle contents (if active bundles exist).
Cmd+R / Ctrl+R — Force refresh price and chart data for the current game.

Game Detail View (Search & Saved Games)

Cmd+C / Ctrl+C — Copy best deal link.
Cmd+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy game name.

Saved Games Specific

Cmd+Shift+Backspace / Ctrl+Shift+Backspace — Clear all saved games.

Top Deals

Cmd+M / Ctrl+M — View Metacritic reviews (if available).
Cmd+Shift+C / Ctrl+Shift+C — Copy deal link.
Cmd+Alt+Shift+C / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C — Copy Metacritic link (if available).

Free Games

Cmd+I / Ctrl+I — Ignore / Restore giveaway (hides from the main list).

Manage Stores

Cmd+Shift+A / Ctrl+Shift+A — Select all stores.
Cmd+Shift+D / Ctrl+Shift+D — Deselect all stores.

Troubleshooting

Getting "No Results" or "Invalid API Key" toast? Double-check that you copied the API Key (from the right column) and not the OAuth Client ID from your IsThereAnyDeal app dashboard.
Hitting API Rate Limits? If you check hundreds of games daily, try turning off the Show Price History Chart setting in the extension preferences to save 1 API call per game lookup.

Support

If this extension helps you find great deals, consider buying me a coffee!

Versions4

Update - June 1, 2026

Performance & Optimization

Prevented Runtime Crashes: Implemented safe JSON parsing (safeParse) for all LocalStorage and Cache reads, eliminating silent failures and extension crashes caused by corrupted or incomplete storage data.
Fixed Race Conditions: Refactored fetchPrices with strict AbortSignal guards to prevent stale API responses from corrupting the state during rapid UI interactions or filter changes.
Reduced API Requests: Passed pre-fetched prices and overview data as props to the GameDetail component from both Search and Saved list views. Redundant API calls inside GameDetail are now successfully skipped using precise null/undefined guards.
Secured History Chart Parsing: Replaced hardcoded array indexes with destructuring when reading the history API response, preventing data misalignment and missing charts caused by conditional fetch ordering.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Fixed Inaccurate Bundle Counts: Corrected the bundle calculation logic by deduplicating game IDs across bundle tiers using Set and properly mapping bundle data per game. This prevents inflated bundle counts caused by multi‑tier duplication or global list leaks.
Fixed Divide-by-Zero Errors: Added strict zero‑value guards (last <= 0) to price drop calculations, preventing NaN and Infinity errors that corrupted UI tags and filtering logic.
Fixed Price Drops Section: Repaired the logic for the "Price Drops" section. It now accurately evaluates price changes and remains persistently visible across all sorting and filter modes (e.g., A‑Z, Lowest Price) without prematurely resetting.
Fixed Search Store Filters: Resolved an issue on the search page where displayed prices ignored active store filters and incorrectly defaulted to the absolute lowest price.
Patched API Leak: Added strict !== undefined checks when passing preloaded props to GameDetail to prevent accidental fallback API calls when a game legitimately has no active deals or bundles.
Removed Legacy State: Completely stripped deprecated seenDrops and seenPriceChanges states that were causing unexpected UI resets.
Fixed False “Never on Sale” Signal: Updated the insight algorithm to respect the current discount when historical data is limited. If an active deal has a positive cut, the system no longer falsely reports “Never on Sale” or “No Recent Discounts.”
Integrated Steam Discount Fallback: The sale tag and hero section now use the maximum of the ITAD‑reported cut and Steam’s price_overview.discount_percent, ensuring correct discount display for games that are on sale on Steam but not yet tracked by IsThereAnyDeal.
Enhanced Signal Accuracy: Passed the full allowedHistory to the computeGameInsight function, laying the groundwork for more robust historical discount detection in future releases.

Update - May 18, 2026

Added

Unreleased Games Support: Added "⏱️ UNRELEASED" and expected release date (TBA) indicators to the detail view.
Missing Price Fallback: Added explicit "NO INFO" labels for games with no store listings in main lists and markdown tables.
Alphabetical Sorting: Added an "A-Z" sort option to the saved games filter dropdown.
Price Alert Dismissal: Price drop and spike tags in saved games are now marked as "seen" after 5 seconds of viewing and are hidden on subsequent command loads.
Filter Persistence: Added the ability to save and persist dropdown filter selections in saved games using Raycast's native storeValue={true}.

Changed & Refactored

Bundle Data Parsing: Refactored the active bundle counting system in both search and saved games to iterate directly over the overview/v2 bundle array for better accuracy.
Metadata Layout Optimization: Removed orphaned separator lines in the detail view. Historical data (All-Time Low, Median, Bundle Status) is now dynamically hidden for unreleased games.
General UI Improvements: Applied general interface fixes, layout alignments, and rendering improvements across the extension.

Fixed

Bundle Icon Logic: Fixed a bug where active bundle icons were not displaying at all. Active bundle icons now display consistently across all lists.
UI Flicker: Introduced storage readiness checks to resolve the race condition that caused empty lists to flash momentarily on command load.

Performance

Search API Optimization: Implemented a custom 1-hour cache for search results to bypass useFetch limitations with POST requests, eliminating redundant API calls.
Saved Games Cache Validation: Restructured cache validation to require exact requestedIds matching. This prevents infinite API fetch loops caused by missing or outdated game IDs. Incremented cache versions to flush stale memory.

Update - May 16, 2026