Wallpaper Engine

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!

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DeveloperWallpaper Engine Team PublisherWallpaper Engine Team Released16 Nov 2018 Price £4.49 ReviewsOverwhelmingly Positive (97% of 950,383) Steam DeckUnsupported Playing now61,247

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Achievements 17 of 17 unlocked

High aspirations Post a scene wallpaper to the Workshop. 2.3% of players · Very rare
Video makers Post a video wallpaper to the Workshop. 2% of players · Very rare
The internet on a disk Post a web wallpaper to the Workshop. 1% of players · Very rare
Press any key Create a local application-type wallpaper. 1% of players · Very rare
Creativity according to instructions Use a 2D scene template. 6% of players · Rare
Working with 3D models Use a 3D scene template. 3.7% of players · Very rare
Sharing is caring Post a Steam screenshot with a Workshop wallpaper open. 7.1% of players · Rare
Trying something new Use 10 different wallpapers from the Workshop. 84% of players · Common
Keeping an eye on this one Favorite 10 different wallpapers from the Workshop. 10% of players · Rare
Pest Cause 1 fatal error or trigger 128 warnings in the editor. 33% of players · Uncommon
k0n4m1 30 lives 5.4% of players · Rare
Getting the hang of it Use 25 different wallpapers from the Workshop. 69% of players · Common
Hard to pick just one Use 50 different wallpapers from the Workshop. 55% of players · Common
Out of disk space Use 100 different wallpapers from the Workshop. 40% of players · Uncommon
Found some good ones Favorite 20 different Workshop wallpapers. 6.8% of players · Rare
Fair collection Favorite 30 different Workshop wallpapers. 5.4% of players · Rare
Wallpaper Connoisseur Favorite 50 different Workshop wallpapers. 4.1% of players · Very rare

News

Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop29 Jun 2026

Hey everyone, this update introduces a security change to Wallpaper Engine. In the next week, we will be permanently removing the "Application" wallpaper type from the public Steam Workshop. While this sounds drastic, it affects merely 0.5% of all wallpapers with actual user numbers being much lower than even that. The overwhelming majority of users never used any applications wallpapers at all, s... Read more

Wallpaper Engine 2.8 - Dynamic Model Generation & Text Rendering Improvements28 May 2026

While Wallpaper Engine 2.8 was primarily planned as a maintenance release with various bug fixes and improvements under the hood, we also found the time to add some cool new features which you should soon start seeing on new wallpapers. Switch to 64-bit We have been performing a lot of background maintenance recently to improve performance, fix issues and overall future-proof the app. While some W... Read more

Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image Filters4 Sep 2025

With the release of Wallpaper Engine 2.7, we are introducing a large number of improvements and new features for particle systems and to the particle editor itself. Additionally, the update also introduces a new concept of user shortcuts, which allow wallpaper creators to create clickable elements which open a local user-defined shortcut on the system and we have added a set of image filters, allo... Read more