# LootScout

> Real-time game deal comparisons on Steam pages using Steam API and GG.deals. Shows best prices across platforms with color-coded rarity system to find great deals.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/lootscout](https://chrome-stats.com/d/lootscout)

## Overview

- **ID:** `lootscout`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BDS-001
- **Category:** search-tools,shopping,games-entertainment
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-24
- **First published:** 2025-07-25
- **Size:** 226 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lootscout/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/BDS-001/LootScout](https://github.com/BDS-001/LootScout)

## Description

Enhance your Steam browsing with real-time game deal comparisons and smart purchase decisions. LootScout automatically displays the best available prices from multiple platforms directly on Steam store pages by integrating with Steam's official API and GG.deals for comprehensive pricing data.

Features a gaming-inspired rarity system (Common to Iridescent) that rates deals based on discount percentages, review scores, and game length. Never overpay for games again with historical price tracking, seamless UI integration, and intelligent caching for optimal performance.

Data is sourced from Steam's official API for game information and GG.deals for multi-platform pricing comparisons, ensuring accurate and up-to-date deal information. LootScout is open source and available on GitHub.

## Rankings

- #113,273 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `cookies`
- `alarms`

### Host permissions

- `https://store.steampowered.com/*`
- `https://api.gg.deals/*`

### Content script matches

- `store.steampowered.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/lootscout)