# Soren Game Price Comparison

> Soren Game Price Comparison is a paid API for AI agents from soren.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Returns current prices across Steam, Epic, GOG, and Microsoft Store for a single game, alongside the all-time historical low price observed since 2012 and how far current prices sit above that low.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://soren.com/v1/game?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/soren-game-price-comparison-ff134c60
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_TsDQs8q_CCalmUBxVfs-e

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability soren-game-price-comparison-ff134c60
```

Example prompt: What's the current price for The Witcher 3 across Steam, Epic, GOG, and the Microsoft Store in the US, and how does it compare to its all-time historical low?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a cross-storefront price comparison for a single PC game along with historical low context. It is uniquely valuable because it aggregates Steam, Epic, GOG, and Microsoft Store pricing in one call and provides a historical low baseline going back to 2012 — something no individual storefront publishes. Prefer this over manual scraping or single-store APIs when you need to answer 'where should I buy this game' or 'is now a good time to buy.'

## Known failure modes

- Game not found — ambiguous free-text query returns no match; use /v1/lookup first for an exact slug
- Invalid region code — only US, GB, DE, and BR are supported; unsupported codes return an error
- Game not listed on a particular storefront — price field for that store will be null or absent
- Historical low unavailable — very new releases may lack enough history for a meaningful low
- Payment failure — x402 micropayment of $0.01 USDC must succeed before response is returned

## How this service works

Cross-store pricing for a single game — Steam, Epic, GOG and Microsoft Store side by side — with the lowest price ever observed, the date it was observed, and how far above that low the current price sits. Storefronts publish today's price and no history, so the low exists only for whoever recorded it; ours runs from 2012. Every response resolves the game's family so a base game is never compared against a season pass.

## Output

A structured response containing the current price of the game on each supported storefront (Steam, Epic, GOG, Microsoft Store), the all-time historical low price observed since 2012, the date that low was recorded, and the percentage or absolute difference between the current price and that historical low. The game's product family is resolved to ensure base game comparisons are accurate.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "the witcher 3"
       ],
       "description": "Free-text game name. Use /v1/lookup first for an exact slug."
      },
      "game": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "forza-horizon-5"
       ],
       "description": "Soren slug, from /v1/lookup."
      },
      "steam": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "1551360"
       ],
       "description": "Steam appid."
      },
      "region": {
       "type": "string",
       "examples": [
        "GB"
       ],
       "description": "Pricing region: US, GB, DE or BR. Defaults to US."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "game": {
   "id": "<int>",
   "slug": "<stable public identifier>",
   "type": "main_game | dlc | expansion | edition",
   "title": "<game title>",
   "released_at": "<ISO-8601 date or null>"
  },
  "demand": {
   "waiting": "<int>",
   "average_target_price": "<major units>"
  },
  "family": {
   "count": "<int>",
   "members": [
    {
     "id": "<int>",
     "slug": "<slug>",
     "type": "<type>",
     "title": "<title>"
    }
   ],
   "root_id": "<int>"
  },
  "prices": [
   {
    "price": "<major units or null>",
    "store": "steam | epic | gog | microsoft",
    "region": "US | GB | DE | BR",
    "status": "ok | free_promo | free_to_play | not_sold_here | unreleased",
    "currency": "<ISO-4217>",
    "lowest_observed": "<major units or null>",
    "pct_above_lowest_observed": "<number or null>"
   }
  ],
  "region": "US",
  "coverage": [
   {
    "to": "<date or null>",
    "from": "<date>",
    "store": "<store>"
   }
  ],
  "subscriptions": [
   {
    "service": "Game Pass | EA Play",
    "available": "<bool>"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/soren-game-price-comparison-ff134c60/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from soren.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/soren.com/llms.txt)