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Metacritic API: Get scores

Finds a game, movie or TV show on Metacritic by name and returns critic and user scores with title details.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Type optionaltype

Kind of title, for example game; omit to search all kinds.

Not set

One of game, movie, tv, music.

Year optionalyear

Release year to distinguish similarly named titles, for example 2022.

Not set

Whole number.

Title, requiredtitle

Title to find, for example Elden Ring.

Elden Ring

Platform optionalplatform

Game platform, for example PlayStation 5; by default uses the platform with the most critic reviews.

Not set

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "type": "game",  "title": "Elden Ring",  "artist": null,  "genres": [    "Action RPG"  ],  "summary": "A New World Created By Hidetaka Miyazaki And George R. R. Martin\n\nELDEN RING, developed by FromSoftware, Inc. and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set within a world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki creator of the influential DARK SOULS video game series; and George R.R…",  "platform": "PlayStation 5",  "developer": "From Software",  "metascore": 96,  "publisher": "Bandai Namco Games",  "user_score": 8.4,  "release_date": "2022-02-25",  "user_ratings": 24881,  "critic_reviews": 93,  "metacritic_url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/elden-ring/",  "cover_image_url": "https://www.metacritic.com/a/img/resize/86c7a59722e76cf9cb2c83bfac863f18f815bc2a/catalog/provider/6/12/6-1-824956-52.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200",  "must_play_or_see": true,  "metascore_verdict": "Universal Acclaim",  "studio_or_network": null}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
metacritic.com/get_scores
Returns
title, metascore, user score, review counts, release date, developer, publisher, genres, summary

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method metacritic.com/get_scores with the inputs above.

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