Overview
Theprice_overview table stores snapshots of current market prices - the exact data you would see if you looked at an item’s Steam Market listing page at that moment in time.
Data Source: priceoverview API endpoint
Update Frequency: Real-time (seconds)
Use Case: Track current market conditions, detect price movements, monitor trading volume
Table Schema
Auto-incrementing primary key for each record
When this snapshot was taken (UTC)
Steam application ID
730- Counter-Strike 2570- Dota 2440- Team Fortress 2753- Steam (trading cards, emoticons)
Exact Steam market name (e.g., “AK-47 | Redline (Field-Tested)”)
Steam’s internal numeric item ID (may be null if not provided)
ISO 4217 currency code (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, etc.)
Two-letter country code used for the request (US, GB, DE, etc.)
Language used for the request (english, french, german, etc.)
The cheapest current listing price (parsed from Steam’s formatted string)
The median sale price from recent transactions
Number of sales in the last 24 hours
Indexes
Example Queries
Get Latest Price for an Item
Price Changes in Last Hour
Compare Current Prices Across All Items
Track Volume Trends
Data Flow
Price Parsing
Prices are automatically parsed from Steam’s localized format:"$5.00"→5.0"0,03€"→0.03"1.234,56€"→1234.56
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price_history
Historical hourly prices for long-term trend analysis
orders_histogram
Full order book with bid/ask spreads