very newbie programmer here trying to learn C#. I’m trying to deserialise a JSON file and then print the values inside. However, I’m met with a Jsonexception in the form of cannot be converted to the class I made.

The code in question:

public class Games
{
    public string? Title { get; set;}
    public int ReleaseYear { get; set;}
    public double Rating { get; set;}
}

public class ReadAndParseJSONFromFile()
{
    public static void ReadingJSON()
    {
        string filePath = @"C:UsersKodainC#Game Data Parsergames.json";
        string jsonString = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
        Games games = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Games>(jsonString)!;
        System.Console.WriteLine("Loaded games are: ");
        System.Console.WriteLine($"{games.Title}, released in {games.ReleaseYear}, rating: {games.Rating}");
    }
}

and the provided JSON file:

[
  {
    "Title": "Stardew Valley",
    "ReleaseYear": 2016,
    "Rating": 4.9
  },
  {
    "Title": "Frostpunk",
    "ReleaseYear": 2017,
    "Rating": 4.7
  },
  {
    "Title": "Oxygen Not Included",
    "ReleaseYear": 2017,
    "Rating": 4.8
  },
  {
    "Title": "Red Dead Redemtpion II",
    "ReleaseYear": 2018,
    "Rating": 4.8
  },
  {
    "Title": "Portal 2",
    "ReleaseYear": 2011,
    "Rating": 4.8
  }
]

I tried to use the Microsoft documentation on how to deserialise since I’ve never done it before with JSON, only text files. I expected the program to read the JSON file, then print out all the games with title, release year, and rating. Instead I got a Jsonexception that tells me that the JSON value cannot be converted to Games:

Exception has occurred: CLR/System.Text.Json.JsonException
An unhandled exception of type ‘System.Text.Json.JsonException’ occurred in System.Text.Json.dll: ‘The JSON value could not be converted to Games.’

I tried my google-fu, but I too much of a noob and cannot seem to find a solution to my problem. I am quite stumped.