The Game Scraper 2.9

Wow! This plugin was really helpful. I was able to get metadata and artwork for almost all of the missing PC game titles in my Launchbox setup. Thanks a lot for sharing this!

Is Launchbox 13.24 supported? When in manage/plugins it does not appear. I've put all 3 files (ffmpeg.exe) + (yt-dlp.exe) + (Pc Games Scraper.dll) in the \LaunchBox\Plugins folder. Also tried in a separate folder within plugins named PCGamesScraper.

1 hour ago, Martin Turesson said:

Is Launchbox 13.24 supported? When in manage/plugins it does not appear. I've put all 3 files (ffmpeg.exe) + (yt-dlp.exe) + (Pc Games Scraper.dll) in the \LaunchBox\Plugins folder. Also tried in a separate folder within plugins named PCGamesScraper.

Same as Martin!, no matter what i did with the plugin, it would not appear at all and i also placed all 3 files inside the "Launchbox Plugins" folder itself and they still did not show.

3 hours ago, Martin Turesson said:

Is Launchbox 13.24 supported? When in manage/plugins it does not appear. I've put all 3 files (ffmpeg.exe) + (yt-dlp.exe) + (Pc Games Scraper.dll) in the \LaunchBox\Plugins folder. Also tried in a separate folder within plugins named PCGamesScraper.

 

2 hours ago, lessthanzero33 said:

Same as Martin!, no matter what i did with the plugin, it would not appear at all and i also placed all 3 files inside the "Launchbox Plugins" folder itself and they still did not show.

Try again. I used the latest beta plugin.dll on the first release. You should be good now. 

6 hours ago, bundangdon said:

Wow! This plugin was really helpful. I was able to get metadata and artwork for almost all of the missing PC game titles in my Launchbox setup. Thanks a lot for sharing this!

Thanks Im super happy with it! Keep checking back I just added HLTB support and plan on adding IGDB as well. 

After the update it is now working! Thank you!

Thanks, working fine now. Awesome tool!

Edited December 31, 2025 by Martin Turesson

1 hour ago, Martin Turesson said:

Thanks, working fine now. Awesome tool!

Thanks let me know if you find any issues or have ideas! 

Tried one game and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

Awesome tool, thank you ! 

Plugin is not showing anymore in my Launchbox

2 minutes ago, lessthanzero33 said:

Plugin is not showing anymore in my Launchbox

Do you have the newest version of the plugin? I had forgotten to use the correct dll on a rollback and instead had the newest beta version.

I will give it a shot and report back.

I can confirm it is now working for me thanks!

i get this error after entering a steam link and clicking download.   

 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

App:     LaunchBox
Version: 13.26
Theme:   Default
Type:    System.NullReferenceException
Site:    Void MoveNext()
Source:  SteamScraper

   at SteamScraper.SteamApi.SteamSearchAsync(String appId) in D:\a\launchbox_steamscraper\launchbox_steamscraper\SteamScraper\SteamApi.cs:line 78
   at SteamScraper.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\a\launchbox_steamscraper\launchbox_steamscraper\SteamScraper\Form1.cs:line 47
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__128_0(Object state)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

Recent Log:

   11:24:23 AM Exception

Edited March 21 by Partiesplayin

16 minutes ago, Partiesplayin said:

i get this error after entering a steam link and clicking download.   

 

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

App:     LaunchBox
Version: 13.26
Theme:   Default
Type:    System.NullReferenceException
Site:    Void MoveNext()
Source:  SteamScraper

   at SteamScraper.SteamApi.SteamSearchAsync(String appId) in D:\a\launchbox_steamscraper\launchbox_steamscraper\SteamScraper\SteamApi.cs:line 78
   at SteamScraper.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\a\launchbox_steamscraper\launchbox_steamscraper\SteamScraper\Form1.cs:line 47
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__128_0(Object state)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

Recent Log:

   11:24:23 AM Exception

Hey I'm not at a computer right but can you tell me exactly what you did step by step from opening the plugin to when you get this error? Which game what platform etc... also the plugin has a log file it generates at each run can you post that as well?

Edited March 21 by spiritedusual

6 minutes ago, spiritedusual said:

Hey I'm not at a computer right but can you tell me exactly what you did step by step from opening the plugin to when you get this error? Which game what platform etc... also the plugin has a log file it generates at each run can you post that as well?   yes,  it is a windows game platform, game is called Afallon, i downloaded the file to a seperate folder, then i moved the zip to the plugins folder, extracted to steamscrapper2.9/ , launched launchbox, added a game and launch location, right clicks and selected steam scraper, pasted url and hit download then got that error

 

Edited March 21 by Partiesplayin

I do not know where to find the log

 

3 minutes ago, Partiesplayin said:

I do not know where to find the log

 

It's in the same folder as the plugin

Okay well im not seeing a log at all

Do i need any additional files beyond what i downloaded just to get images and metadata?

 

2 hours ago, Partiesplayin said:

Do i need any additional files beyond what i downloaded just to get images and metadata?

 

No everything you may need is in the archive and the log is created as soon as you click the plugin even if you cancel right away you should have something. Please send a screenshot of your plugin folder with all the files. And please still detail your exact situation as well.

Edited March 21 by spiritedusual

Totally ready to accept that I'm doing something wrong, but set up as instructed and I get a "video processing..." message which takes a minute or two, but every game I get "Metadate updated: 1, Images downloaded: 1, Video downloaded: 0". These are major games which are definitely on Steam, but I've also tried from YouTube, usually the same result but occasionally asks me to specify a url for desired video - but still fails. I see no added media following use.

EDIT I don't know why it's telling me videos and images haven't been downloaded, because they have, but my folder structure is not the default lb structure so they're in the wrong place. Future plugin option to specify paths?

Edited March 25 by mrpetenorth

2 hours ago, mrpetenorth said:

Totally ready to accept that I'm doing something wrong, but set up as instructed and I get a "video processing..." message which takes a minute or two, but every game I get "Metadate updated: 1, Images downloaded: 1, Video downloaded: 0". These are major games which are definitely on Steam, but I've also tried from YouTube, usually the same result but occasionally asks me to specify a url for desired video - but still fails. I see no added media following use.

EDIT I don't know why it's telling me videos and images haven't been downloaded, because they have, but my folder structure is not the default lb structure so they're in the wrong place. Future plugin option to specify paths?

So yea that summary screen at the end is not accurate and its on my to do list. Im getting some mixed messages from you here though. You're saying that it fails and you see no added media following use but then in your edit you say that the images and videos have been downloaded. Maybe you mean its saying nothing downloaded in the summary screen but they files are present and you're not seeing them because your folder structure is different? 

You're not the first person to ask for a way to define the download location. Its something I'll look into when I'm done with my current project. So just to confirm, the media and metadata are downloading but the media isn't in the location you want it to be in so launchbox isn't detecting it? How do you have your folders set up? 

36 minutes ago, spiritedusual said:

So yea that summary screen at the end is not accurate and its on my to do list. Im getting some mixed messages from you here though. You're saying that it fails and you see no added media following use but then in your edit you say that the images and videos have been downloaded. Maybe you mean its saying nothing downloaded in the summary screen but they files are present and you're not seeing them because your folder structure is different? 

You're not the first person to ask for a way to define the download location. Its something I'll look into when I'm done with my current project. So just to confirm, the media and metadata are downloading but the media isn't in the location you want it to be in so launchbox isn't detecting it? How do you have your folders set up? 

Apologies, the edit maybe made it less clear. You're right, despite the summary screen, the Steam videos and images (as well as SGDB) ARE being downloaded but in the lb default folders which i don't use. I'm carrying on with it and I'll just move what I need manually. YouTube downloading never works for me though sadly.