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imho.run game recommendations MCP Server

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imho.run game recommendations is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. It exposes 8 tools.

Steam games like any game you name, facts about a game, and finding a game from a description.

Uptime history 31 days of history · worst day 99%
31 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
205 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 24

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 4 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

6 Oct 8 tool descriptions were rewritten find_game_by_description, game_facts, games_like and 5 more
5 Oct 5 tools appeared library_recs, new_releases, recommend and 2 more
5 Oct 5 tool descriptions were rewritten find_game_by_description, game_facts, games_like and 2 more
5 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for new_releases, recommend
4 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten find_game_by_description, game_facts
4 Oct 2 tools changed the parameters they ask for find_game_by_description, games_like

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check imho.run game recommendations every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add games --transport http https://imho.run/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://imho.run/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.games]
url = "https://imho.run/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "games": {
      "url": "https://imho.run/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "games": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://imho.run/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

game
find_game_by_description
Identify a game from a description of what the user remembers (plot, look, platform, era). Returns ranked candidates with a reason each, a `confidence`, and `find_game_url`: imho.run's /find-game page with the description filled in (the user presses the button; nothing runs by itself). Pass what the user said about the platform, the release years and the camera as `platform`, `year_min` / `year_max` and `perspective` instead of leaving them only in the text. When `confidence` is not high or no result fits, give the user `find_game_url` so they can add details there. Slow (LLM) and rate-limited: use it only when the user does not know the title; for games similar to a known game use games_like or recommend. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
game_facts
Public facts about one Steam game: year, developers, genres, top tags, price, Steam Deck status, review numbers, a review-mined summary and links. For a few single-player games, `coop_via_mod` names a reviewed fan mod for co-op, with caveats. Use it to answer questions about a game the user names; for similar games use games_like or recommend. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
games
games_like
Steam games similar to ONE game, ranked by imho.run's recommender (the list on that game's imho.run page), each with a one-line reason, price, Steam Deck status, year, review numbers, the imho.run page URL and the Steam URL. Use it for 'games like X', optionally only free, co-op or Steam Deck games. Use `recommend` instead when the user names 2-3 games, wants other filters (no PvP, no microtransactions, release years, niche) or describes what they want in words. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
search_games
Find Steam games by title (typos, partial names, Russian names and acronyms are fine): appid, year, imho.run page and Steam link for each match. Use it to check which game the user means or to get an appid; the other tools also accept names directly. For a game the user can only describe, use find_game_by_description. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
library
library_recs
Steam games for a player, ranked against their own public Steam library (what they play most), the way imho.run's library mode does it; owned games are left out. Use it when the user gives their Steam profile and wants picks for their taste in general; for 'games like X' use games_like or recommend. Takes a SteamID64 or a steamcommunity.com/profiles/<SteamID64> link (not a custom /id/ name) and works only for public profiles imho.run already has; otherwise it returns one 'unavailable' error with a link the user can open to paste their profile. Each pick names the most-played game it is closest to (`similar_to`). Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
new
new_releases
Games released on Steam in the last 30 days that players rate well (70%+ positive, 50+ positive reviews), or with `upcoming` the upcoming games that have a release date; optionally co-op only. The site's New releases list, with price, Steam Deck status, release date and links. Released games carry `release_kind`: `new`, or `ea_exit` for a game that just left Early Access (its 1.0; it was playable before), so call those 'out of Early Access', not new. `ea_exits`: include (default), exclude (brand-new games only) or only. Use it for 'what's new / coming out'; for what is gaining players now use trending. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
recommend
recommend
Steam games for someone who likes 1-3 given games, ranked by imho.run's recommender: the list imho.run's own tool shows for those games and filters. Use it instead of games_like when the user names several games, wants filters beyond free / co-op / Steam Deck (no PvP, no microtransactions, no grind, not too hard, no Early Access, release years, more niche or more popular), or says what they want in words: pass that as `preferences` ('cozy base building, no combat'); the result says which Steam tags it was read as. When the user reacts to the picks, call it again with `liked` / `disliked`: liked games join the seeds, disliked ones never come back. Each pick has a one-line reason naming the seed it is closest to (`similar_to`), price, Steam Deck status, year, reviews, the imho.run URL and the Steam URL, plus `tool_url` (these games in imho.run's tool). Not for naming a game from a description (find_game_by_description) or facts about one game (game_facts). Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.
trending
trending
Steam games trending right now (imho.run/trending): `rising` = established games gaining reviews and players against their own recent baseline, `breakouts` = new games taking off. Each has reviews this week, growth in %, price, Steam Deck status and links. Use it for 'what's hot / popular right now on Steam'; for new releases use new_releases, for games like a given game use games_like. Games rated for adults only (explicit sexual content) are not covered; filtering is best effort.

Endpoints

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https://imho.run/mcp streamable-http answering 183 ms 1 min ago

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imho.run game recommendations — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can imho.run game recommendations do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: find_game_by_description, game_facts, games_like, library_recs, new_releases, recommend and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is imho.run game recommendations mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around game and games. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is imho.run game recommendations working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 205 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect imho.run game recommendations?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does imho.run game recommendations need an API key?
No. imho.run game recommendations completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is imho.run game recommendations?
It answers our handshake in 205 ms on average, which is faster than 69% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.