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Use stunning live wallpapers on your desktop. Animate your own images to create new wallpapers or import videos/websites and share them on the Steam Workshop!

Wallpaper Engine is a utilities, anime and software game developed and published by Wallpaper Engine Team.
Released on November 16th 2018 is available only on Windows in 23 languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Danish, Czech, Arabic, Ukrainian, Indonesian and Persian.

It has received 894,458 reviews of which 876,898 were positive and 17,560 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.99€ on Instant Gaming.


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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
  • OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
  • Processor: 1.66 GHz Intel i5 or equivalent
  • Memory: 1024 MB RAM
  • Graphics: HD Graphics 4000 or above
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 512 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows N versions require the 'Media Feature Pack' from Microsoft.

User reviews & Ratings

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4 hours played
June 2026
Fix for it being down right now (upvote pls) : -Close the app, go to steam library. -click the games dropdown in the top left corner and select tools and software (can't remember which on specifically) -right click on wallpaper engine and click properties -game version & betas -select "beta" -exit and launch and it should work normally
3 hours played
June 2026
Good software but now it suddenly keeps opening to a window to buy a GoDaddy domain and can only be closed from the taskbar. wtf fix plss
1 hours played
April 2026
Would recommend, great software for amazing animated wallpapers! Would just like a filter for AI, I don't wanna see that slop in a software I paid for :/, it really ruins the process of picking out wallpapers I like
683 hours played
March 2026
most gamers stare at their desktop so just get this so at least you stare at something cool
4 hours played
Nov. 2025
Wallpaper Engine is utterly pointless and I cannot recommend it enough. It serves no practical purpose. It is a digital peacock feather, a frivolous luxury for your screen. It will not make you more efficient. It will, however, make you the proud owner of a desktop that sparks joy every single time you minimize a window. It’s a $5 masterpiece of digital decadence. Just be prepared to explain to your friends why your computer sounds like a jet engine preparing for takeoff just to display a screensaver you never look at. Final Thought: My GPU now has a permanent sweat gland, and my productivity is in witness protection. Worth it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Wallpaper Engine is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

No, Wallpaper Engine is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Wallpaper Engine received 876,898 positive votes out of a total of 894,458 achieving an impressive rating of 9.73.
😍

Wallpaper Engine was developed and published by Wallpaper Engine Team.

Yes, Wallpaper Engine is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Wallpaper Engine is not playable on MacOS.

No, Wallpaper Engine is not playable on Linux.

Yes, there is a DLC available for Wallpaper Engine. Explore additional content available for Wallpaper Engine on Steam.

Yes, Wallpaper Engine is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

No, Wallpaper Engine does not support Steam Remote Play.

No, Wallpaper Engine does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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

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Last Updates
Steam data 10 June 2026 02:14
SteamSpy data 12 June 2026 04:40
Steam price 13 June 2026 12:52
Steam reviews 13 June 2026 01:48

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Wallpaper Engine
Rating
9.7
876,898
17,560
Features
Online players
50,051
Developer
Wallpaper Engine Team
Publisher
Wallpaper Engine Team
Release 16 Nov 2018
Platforms
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