Wallpaper Engine
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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!

DEV: Wallpaper Engine TeamPUB: Wallpaper Engine TeamAppID 431960
UPDATE PULSEevery ~125d·last 96d ago·15 recent on record

Is Wallpaper Engine still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

97.5
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

97.6% of 1,018,467 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 97.5. It is a finished game, so no support adjustment applies either way.

reception 97.5·support +0.0·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$3.99$4.99−20%

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

3 months ago

Usual rhythm

every ~206 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 206 days and were last heard 3 months ago — within their normal range. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, though the developers have posted 2 times. It is currently 20% below its usual price.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

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4 announcements · 1 substantial · 20 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

15 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsJun 29, 2026
Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop

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%…

Community AnnouncementsMay 28, 2026
Wallpaper Engine 2.8 - Dynamic Model Generation & Text Rendering Improvements

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. Swi…

Community AnnouncementsSep 4, 2025
Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image Filters

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, w…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 10, 2025
Wallpaper Engine 2.6 - New Effects, Clipping Masks, Rope Physics & Bug Fixes

Hey everyone, Wallpaper Engine 2.6 comes with several new features for the wallpaper editor, the update also fixes some bugs and improves compatibility with Windows 11 24H2. Clipping Masks for Puppet Warp Animations Clipping masks are a use…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 30, 2024
Wallpaper Engine 2.5 - Playlist Transitions & Editor Update / Retiring Windows 7

Wallpaper Engine 2.5 adds new features for end-users and content creators alike. The update also includes a lot of bug fixes and overall maintenance work. In anticipation of upcoming changes to the desktop experience on Windows 11, we have …

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 15, 2024
Wallpaper Engine 2.4 - Lighting & Shader Improvements, Local Storage & More

Hey everyone, Wallpaper Engine 2.4 largely builds on top of the new 3D features we have added with the previous update but also improves on the existing 2D wallpaper feature set. New 3D FeaturesReal-time Shadows As an extension to the new l…

Community AnnouncementsSep 28, 2023
Wallpaper Engine 2.3 - New 3D Model Support, Improved Lighting, Asset Hierarchy

Hey everyone, Wallpaper Engine 2.3 completely overhauls support for 3D wallpapers, improves real-time lighting with additional light types and adds a new hierarchy and attachment system. New 3D Model Features Model Editor We are introducing…

Community AnnouncementsOct 7, 2022
Wallpaper Engine 2.2 - Album Cover Integration, Fluid Simulation & More

Hey everyone, today we are releasing Wallpaper Engine 2.2 which comes with new editor effects, support for dynamic album covers and song data in wallpapers and a large set of improvements throughout the app and the wallpaper editor. Media &…

Community AnnouncementsJun 4, 2022
Wallpaper Engine 2.1 - Inverse Kinematics Animations, User Texture Import & More

Hello everyone, today we're introducing Wallpaper Engine 2.1 for Windows and Android with a wide range of new features, overall improvements and bug fixes. We will walk you through some of the most impactful new features in this update. Use…

Community AnnouncementsJan 27, 2022
Wallpaper Engine 2.0.97 - Android Improvements & Fixes, Display HDR Support

Hey everyone, today we are releasing a new update for the Windows & Android version of Wallpaper Engine. The updates mainly add some new features that we did not finish for the initial release of the Android app, and fixes issues that were …

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Community AnnouncementsDec 3, 2021
Wallpaper Engine 2.0.44 - Windows Firewall Detection and Android Fixes

Today's update addresses the most common problems related to the Android release and we are updating both the Windows and the Android version of the app. Connecting the Android & Windows App The most common issues we received were related t…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 26, 2021
Wallpaper Engine 2.0 - Free Android App, New Logo, New Features and More!

Hello everyone, today we are releasing Wallpaper Engine 2.0! The update brings support for Android, a new logo, a new 3D depth effect and a handful of other additions and improvements to Wallpaper Engine. Wallpaper Engine Android Companion …

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Community AnnouncementsSep 23, 2021
Wallpaper Engine 1.7 - FREE Android App Coming Soon - New Features & Bug Fixes

Hello everyone, today we are happy to announce that we will soon be releasing a free Android version of Wallpaper Engine. On top of that, we are also releasing Wallpaper Engine 1.7 today which brings a new set of features including video-ba…

Community AnnouncementsJun 21, 2021
Wallpaper Engine 1.6.22 - Minor Improvements & Bug Fixes

Hello everyone, this is mainly a maintenance update which introduces a few minor improvements and mainly fixes a few issues that were reported to us after the previous Wallpaper Engine 1.6 release. You can find the full changelog here: Full…

Rock, Paper, ShotgunJun 19, 2021
I'm removing Shrek as my desktop wallpaper after 81 days

Back on March 30th, I wrote about the entirety of Shrek being available to download via Steam for Wallpaper Engine. It was removed within twelve hours and I feel no remorse. But while moderators can remove files from the Steam Workshop, the…