diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 425c329..def597a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ add_executable(endgame-analyzer src/main.cpp src/state_explorer.cpp src/download
         src/game_state.cpp
         include/null_buffer.h
         include/command_line_interface.h
-        src/command_line_interface.cpp)
+        src/command_line_interface.cpp
+        include/parse_game.h
+        src/parse_game.cpp
+)
 
 target_link_libraries(endgame-analyzer cpr)
 target_link_libraries(endgame-analyzer Boost::program_options)
diff --git a/include/download.h b/include/download.h
index f4847b9..5b0d1a3 100644
--- a/include/download.h
+++ b/include/download.h
@@ -11,24 +11,8 @@
 #include "game_state.h"
 #include "myassert.h"
 
-namespace Hanabi {
-    Card tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Card>, boost::json::value const &jv);
-    void tag_invoke(boost::json::value_from_tag, boost::json::value &jv, Hanabi::Card const &card);
-}
-
 namespace Download {
 
-    struct Action {
-        Hanabi::ActionType type{};
-        int8_t target{};
-    };
-
-    Action tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Action>, boost::json::value const &jv);
-
-    std::pair<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>, Hanabi::rank_t> parse_deck(const boost::json::value &deck_json);
-
-    std::vector<Action> parse_actions(const boost::json::value &action_json);
-
     std::optional<boost::json::object> download_game_json(int game_id);
 
     std::optional<boost::json::object> open_game_json(const char *filename);
diff --git a/include/parse_game.h b/include/parse_game.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471ff1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/parse_game.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#ifndef DYNAMIC_PROGRAM_PARSE_GAME_H
+#define DYNAMIC_PROGRAM_PARSE_GAME_H
+
+#include <boost/json.hpp>
+
+#include "game_state.h"
+
+namespace Hanabi {
+  // These are overloads that the boost/json library uses for parsing.
+  // They convert a Card from/to json.
+  // This has to be in the same namespace as Hanabi::Card.
+  Card tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Card>, boost::json::value const &jv);
+  void tag_invoke(boost::json::value_from_tag, boost::json::value &jv, Hanabi::Card const &card);
+}
+
+namespace Parsing {
+  /**
+   * Represents a single action (turn) in a Hanab game.
+   * Note that this is slightly differen than Hanabi::Action,
+   * since this uses indices for specifying the discarded/played cards.
+   * We only want to work with this type while parsing, converting to Hanabi::Action after.
+   */
+  struct HanabLiveAction {
+    Hanabi::ActionType type{};
+    /**
+     * In case the action is of type discard or play,
+     * this value refers to the index of the discarded/played card in the deck.
+     */
+    int8_t target{};
+  };
+
+  // Overload for parsing from json to HanabLiveAction
+  HanabLiveAction tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<HanabLiveAction>, boost::json::value const &jv);
+
+  /*
+  * @brief Parse deck from hanab.live format
+  * @return List of cards (in order) and number of suits
+  */
+  std::pair<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>, Hanabi::suit_t> parse_deck(const boost::json::value &deck_json);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Parse actions from hanab.live format.
+   * @return List of actions
+   */
+  std::vector<HanabLiveAction> parse_actions(const boost::json::value &action_json);
+
+  std::vector<Hanabi::Action> convert_actions(
+        std::vector<HanabLiveAction> const & hanab_live_actions,
+        std::vector<Hanabi::Card> const & deck
+  );
+
+  struct GameInfo
+  {
+    std::vector<Hanabi::Card> deck;
+    std::vector<Hanabi::Action> actions;
+    Hanabi::suit_t num_suits;
+    Hanabi::player_t num_players;
+  };
+
+  GameInfo parse_game(boost::json::object const & game_json);
+}
+
+
+
+#endif //DYNAMIC_PROGRAM_PARSE_GAME_H
diff --git a/src/download.cpp b/src/download.cpp
index 79c3a69..492d067 100644
--- a/src/download.cpp
+++ b/src/download.cpp
@@ -1,82 +1,13 @@
 #include <boost/json/src.hpp>
 #include <cpr/cpr.h>
 
+#include "parse_game.h"
+
 #include "download.h"
 
 
-// This helper function deduces the type and assigns the value with the matching key
-template<class T>
-void extract(boost::json::object const &obj, T &t, std::string_view key) {
-    t = value_to<T>(obj.at(key));
-}
-
-namespace Hanabi {
-    Card tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Card>,
-                    boost::json::value const &jv) {
-        Hanabi::Card card{};
-        boost::json::object const &obj = jv.as_object();
-        extract(obj, card.rank, "rank");
-        extract(obj, card.suit, "suitIndex");
-        card.rank = 5 - card.rank;
-        return card;
-    }
-
-    void tag_invoke(boost::json::value_from_tag, boost::json::value &jv, Hanabi::Card const &card) {
-        jv = {{"suitIndex", card.suit},
-              {"rank",      card.rank}};
-    }
-}
-
 namespace Download {
 
-    Action tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Action>, boost::json::value const &jv) {
-        Action action{};
-        uint8_t type;
-        boost::json::object const &obj = jv.as_object();
-
-        extract(obj, action.target, "target");
-        extract(obj, type, "type");
-
-        action.type = static_cast<Hanabi::ActionType>(type);
-        switch (action.type) {
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::color_clue:
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::rank_clue:
-                action.type = Hanabi::ActionType::clue;
-                break;
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::end_game:
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::vote_terminate_players:
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::vote_terminate:
-                action.type = Hanabi::ActionType::end_game;
-                break;
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::play:
-            case Hanabi::ActionType::discard:
-                break;
-            default:
-                throw std::runtime_error(
-                        "Invalid game format, could not parse action type " + std::to_string(type));
-        }
-        return action;
-    }
-
-    std::pair<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>, Hanabi::rank_t> parse_deck(const boost::json::value &deck_json) {
-        auto deck = boost::json::value_to<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>>(deck_json);
-        for (auto &card: deck) {
-            ASSERT(card.rank < 5);
-            ASSERT(card.rank >= 0);
-            ASSERT(card.suit < 6);
-            ASSERT(card.suit >= 0);
-        }
-        Hanabi::rank_t num_suits = 0;
-        for(const auto& card: deck) {
-            num_suits = std::max(num_suits, card.suit);
-        }
-        return {deck, num_suits + 1};
-    }
-
-    std::vector<Action> parse_actions(const boost::json::value &action_json) {
-        return boost::json::value_to<std::vector<Action>>(action_json);
-    }
-
     std::optional<boost::json::object> download_game_json(int game_id) {
         std::string request_str = "https://hanab.live/export/" + std::to_string(game_id);
         cpr::Response r = cpr::Get(cpr::Url(request_str));
@@ -182,27 +113,11 @@ namespace Download {
     }();
 
     if (!game_json_opt.has_value() or game_json_opt.value().empty()) {
-      return Hanabi::Game(nullptr, {}, {});
+      return {nullptr, {}, {}};
     }
 
-    const boost::json::object& game_json = game_json_opt.value();
-
-    const auto [deck, num_suits] = parse_deck(game_json.at("deck"));
-    const size_t num_players = game_json.at("players").as_array().size();
-
-    // Convert the actions from hanab.live format into local format used
-    const std::vector<Action> hanab_live_actions = parse_actions(game_json.at("actions"));
-    std::vector<Hanabi::Action> actions;
-    std::transform(
-          hanab_live_actions.begin(),
-          hanab_live_actions.end(),
-          std::back_inserter(actions),
-          [&deck](Action const & action){
-            return Hanabi::Action {action.type, deck[action.target]};
-          }
-    );
-
-    return {get_base_state(num_suits, num_players, deck, score_goal), actions, deck};
+    Parsing::GameInfo game_info = Parsing::parse_game(game_json_opt.value());
+    return {get_base_state(game_info.num_suits, game_info.num_players, game_info.deck, score_goal), game_info.actions, game_info.deck};
   }
 
 } // namespace Download
diff --git a/src/parse_game.cpp b/src/parse_game.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c92b457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parse_game.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#include "parse_game.h"
+
+namespace Parsing {
+  // This helper function deduces the type and assigns the value with the matching key
+  template<class T>
+  void extract(boost::json::object const &obj, T &t, std::string_view key) {
+    t = value_to<T>(obj.at(key));
+  }
+}
+
+namespace Hanabi {
+  Card tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<Card>,
+                  boost::json::value const &jv) {
+    Hanabi::Card card{};
+    boost::json::object const &obj = jv.as_object();
+    Parsing::extract(obj, card.rank, "rank");
+    Parsing::extract(obj, card.suit, "suitIndex");
+    card.rank = 5 - card.rank;
+    return card;
+  }
+
+  void tag_invoke(boost::json::value_from_tag, boost::json::value &jv, Hanabi::Card const &card) {
+    jv = {{"suitIndex", card.suit},
+          {"rank",      card.rank}};
+  }
+}
+
+namespace Parsing {
+
+  HanabLiveAction tag_invoke(boost::json::value_to_tag<HanabLiveAction>, boost::json::value const &jv) {
+    HanabLiveAction action{};
+    uint8_t type;
+    boost::json::object const &obj = jv.as_object();
+
+    extract(obj, action.target, "target");
+    extract(obj, type, "type");
+
+    action.type = static_cast<Hanabi::ActionType>(type);
+    switch (action.type) {
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::color_clue:
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::rank_clue:
+        action.type = Hanabi::ActionType::clue;
+        break;
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::end_game:
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::vote_terminate_players:
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::vote_terminate:
+        action.type = Hanabi::ActionType::end_game;
+        break;
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::play:
+      case Hanabi::ActionType::discard:
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+              "Invalid game format, could not parse action type " + std::to_string(type));
+    }
+    return action;
+  }
+
+  std::pair<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>, Hanabi::suit_t> parse_deck(const boost::json::value &deck_json) {
+    auto deck = boost::json::value_to<std::vector<Hanabi::Card>>(deck_json);
+    for (auto &card: deck) {
+      ASSERT(card.rank < 5);
+      ASSERT(card.rank >= 0);
+      ASSERT(card.suit < 6);
+      ASSERT(card.suit >= 0);
+    }
+    Hanabi::suit_t num_suits = 0;
+    for(const auto& card: deck) {
+      num_suits = std::max(num_suits, card.suit);
+    }
+    return {deck, num_suits + 1};
+  }
+
+  std::vector<HanabLiveAction> parse_actions(const boost::json::value &action_json)
+  {
+    return boost::json::value_to<std::vector<HanabLiveAction>>(action_json);
+  }
+
+  std::vector<Hanabi::Action> convert_actions(std::vector<HanabLiveAction> const & hanab_live_actions, std::vector<Hanabi::Card> const & deck)
+  {
+    std::vector<Hanabi::Action> actions;
+    std::transform(
+          hanab_live_actions.begin(),
+          hanab_live_actions.end(),
+          std::back_inserter(actions),
+          [&deck](HanabLiveAction const & action){
+            return Hanabi::Action {action.type, deck[action.target]};
+          }
+    );
+    return actions;
+  }
+
+  GameInfo parse_game(boost::json::object const & game_json)
+  {
+    auto const [deck, num_suits] = parse_deck(game_json.at("deck"));
+    const std::vector<Parsing::HanabLiveAction> hanab_live_actions = parse_actions(game_json.at("actions"));
+    Hanabi::player_t num_players = game_json.at("players").as_array().size();
+    std::vector<Hanabi::Action> actions = convert_actions(hanab_live_actions, deck);
+
+    return {deck, actions, num_suits, num_players};
+  }
+
+
+}
+