How we check prices

Last updated: 2026-10-15

Every price on PriceRook has a source and a time. Here's where they come from and what our labels mean.

Game prices

• Source: the Steam store's public pricing, in USD. Each deal page shows when we last checked.
• Refresh: every few hours. The Discord bot checks watched games on its own schedule and DMs you when your target is hit.
• "% off": this is Steam's own discount against its listed price. We show it, but a big percentage alone doesn't prove a good deal.

Our own price history

We save every price we fetch. Until we hold at least 30 days of our own data for a game, its page says "Tracking since [date]" instead of claiming a low. We don't buy or copy price history from other sites, so the history you see is ours.

Hardware prices

We only show a hardware price if it comes from an official retailer feed or someone checked it by hand at the store, with the date it was checked. We don't display hand-typed Amazon prices. Where we can't show a verified price, we say "check price".

Spotting fake discounts

A sale is only good if the price is good. We compare against price history, not just the crossed-out price, and when we check a bundle we price its parts separately.

Mistakes

Prices change fast and we can be wrong. Always confirm at the store. If you spot an error, email atlas@pricerook.com.