So i'm trying to start a steamgame by entering the name of the game. For this reason I asked myself if it is possible to figure out the steam AppID through the entered name.

So I tried to collect the IDs through my steamApps folder without success. I also found a website where you could search for the name of a specific game.

For example "https://www.steamgriddb.com/api/v2/search/autocomplete/grandtheftautov" returns a json with gtaIV and gtaV

The Problem with that is, that the stamAppID isn't found in the retrieved data.

Also I found an SQL Database (https://steam.internet.byu.edu/) where the steam name and the appID are found. But this wouldn't be my prefered way to go, because the database is 17gb big.