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Wallpaper Engine Activity Briefing

On September 30, 2026, Wallpaper Engine recorded a peak of 76,478 concurrent players, reflecting a 32% increase over the past six hours. The total number of Steam reviews stands at 1,019,171, with an impressive rating of 97.55%. However, the latest daily review count decreased significantly, with only 62 reviews, marking a 68% drop day-over-day. The game remains priced at £4.29 with no current discounts.

  • 76,478 current players, 32% increase over six hours
  • Total reviews: 1,019,171; 97.55% rating
  • Latest daily review count: 62, -68% from previous day
  • Price stable at £4.29, no discounts applied
Steam player data · App 431960

Wallpaper Engine

View on Steam ↗Updated 21 Oct · 13:05 UTC
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  • Includes level editor
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Store data

UK price
£4.49
US price
$4.99
Positive reviews
98%
Total reviews
1,023,789
Release date
16 Nov, 2018
Concurrent players103,372Most recent successful sample
Today's peak103,37272/144 samples
Tracked peak122,675Highest retained daily peak
Steam rating98%1,023,789 reviews
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Game information

Details supplied by the Steam store
App ID
431960
App type
Game
Supported systems
Windows
Genres
Casual, Indie, Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Photo Editing, Utilities
Release date
16 Nov, 2018
Last player update
21 Oct · 13:05 UTC
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System requirements

Supplied by the developer on Steam

Windows

Minimum
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.
Recommended
OS
Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor
2.0 GHz Intel i7 or equivalent
Memory
2048 MB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, AMD HD7870, 2 GB VRAM or above
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
1024 MB available space
Additional Notes
Mobile App requires Android 10 or newer
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Player history

Concurrent players

Peak 111,106Average 70,502Latest 103,372
027.8k55.6k83.3k111.1k20 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC21 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC

24-hour and 7-day views use hourly peaks from ten-minute samples. Longer views use retained daily peaks. Up to 24 recent event markers are shown per layer.

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Twitch stats

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Long-term history

Monthly players breakdown

Calculated from SteamWatch samples
MonthPeakGain% gainAverageAvg % gain
Last 30 days122,675+8,053+7.0%72,396+5.0%
October 2026122,675+8,053+7.0%73,282+5.5%
September 2026114,622——69,455—
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About this game

Description

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Wallpaper Engine enables you to use live wallpapers on your Windows desktop. Various types of animated wallpapers are supported, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos and even certain applications. Choose an existing wallpaper or create your own and share it on the Steam Workshop! In addition to that, you can use the free Wallpaper Engine companion app for Android to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device and take your live wallpapers on the go.

NEW: Use the free Android companion app to transfer your favorite wallpapers to your Android mobile device.

Bring your desktop wallpapers alive with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.

Use animated screensavers while you are away from your computer.

Personalize animated wallpapers with your favorite colors.

Use interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse.

Many aspect ratios and native resolutions supported including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.

Multi monitor environments are supported.

Wallpapers will pause while playing games to save performance.

Create your own animated wallpapers in the Wallpaper Engine Editor.

Animate new live wallpapers from basic images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.

Use the Steam Workshop to share and download wallpapers for free.

Wallpaper Engine can be used at the same time as any other Steam game or application.

Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv (for local files, Workshop only allows mp4).

Use the free Android companion app to take your favorite scene and video wallpapers on the go.

Support for Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE.

Wallpaper Engine aims to deliver an entertaining experience while using as few system resources as possible. You can choose to automatically pause or completely stop the wallpaper while using another application or playing fullscreen (including borderless windowed mode) to not distract or hinder you while playing a game or working. Many options to tweak quality and performance allow you to make Wallpaper Engine fit your computer perfectly. As a general rule of thumb, 3D, 2D and video based wallpapers will perform best, while websites and applications will require more resources from your system. Having a dedicated GPU is highly recommended, but not required.

Choose from over a million free wallpapers from the Steam Workshop with new wallpapers being uploaded every day! Can't find a wallpaper that fits your mood? Let your imagination go wild by using the Wallpaper Engine Editor to create your own animated wallpapers from images, videos, websites or applications. A large selection of presets and effects allow you to animate your own images and share them on the Steam Workshop or to just use them for yourself.

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Screenshots

13 available
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