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MateEngine is a lightweight desktop companion app with full custom VRM model support. Bring 3D anime-style characters to life on your screen with idle animations, drag and dance features, and low resource usage and open-source.

MateEngine is a animation & modeling, design & illustration and anime game developed by Shinyflvres and published by Shinymoon.
Released on April 16th 2025 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, French, German, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Ukrainian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 1,000 reviews of which 970 were positive and 30 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 5.49€ on Steam.


The Steam community has classified MateEngine into these genres:


Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for MateEngine:

UI Subtitle Audio
English
German
French
Korean
Spanish - Spain
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian
Japanese
Polish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Spanish - Latin America

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1050
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Windows Standard
  • Additional Notes: Windows 10 is supported but not tested.

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User reviews & Ratings

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

1166 hours played
Aug. 2026
Went to desktop mate saw the unbelievable Prices of DLCs And they stopped supporting mods, Searched google for alternative First Option MateEngine: A lot Features (dance/ Screen save/ Sitting at Taskbar or apps etc..), Modable, The First pet is already soo cute that i dont want to change it and best of all its all free in github. I download it on github and its sooo good I went immediately to buy it on steam to support it. Worth every cent and I'd never stop using it 10/10 Edit: It may appear that I stopped using it at 1k hours but I moved to Linux. I'm using the Linux unofficial port of MateEngine now, although it doesn't support being launched through Steam, so my playtime isn't increasing. But I assure anyone reading this, I'm still using it and I'm never going to stop.
16 hours played
June 2026
Way better than Desktop Mate. Baseline more models and features. Models are free on the Workshop instead of $15 or more for a less detailed and animated model from Desktop Mate
201 hours played
May 2026
I started using this once Desktop Mate cut off all support for mods and it has been great. There is a lot of customization thanks to the mod support, so plenty of models to choose from to enhance you're desktop
22 hours played
March 2026
I'm never beating lonely/gooner allegations 👍 I love Mate Engine so much, its really fun and variety of models/mods you can install just makes it 10x better. if you take suggestions, I'd recommend adding screen sharing and text-to-speech features as well, it'll make app more fun and interactive if they could see and watch stuff with user. 10/10. worth every penny. WE (yes WE) are all dying single 🙏
6 hours played
Feb. 2026
Just watching master chief dance to gin & juice was worth the five dollars

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Frequently Asked Questions

MateEngine is currently priced at 5.49€ on Steam.

No, MateEngine is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.49€ on Steam.

Yes, MateEngine received 970 positive votes out of a total of 1,000 achieving an impressive rating of 9.11.
😍

MateEngine was developed by Shinyflvres and published by Shinymoon.

Yes, MateEngine is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, MateEngine is not playable on MacOS.

No, MateEngine is not playable on Linux.

This information about MateEngine is not available yet.

This information about MateEngine is not available yet.

No, MateEngine does not support VR.

No, MateEngine does not currently offer any DLC.

Yes, MateEngine is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

No, MateEngine does not support Steam Remote Play.

No, MateEngine does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for MateEngine.

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Steam price 26 October 2026 20:27 UTC
Steam reviews 21 October 2026 05:45 UTC

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MateEngine
Rating
9.1
970
30
Features
Online players
112
Developer
Shinyflvres
Publisher
Shinymoon
Release 16 Apr 2025
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