| Wallpaper Engine | |
| Developer: | Kristjan Skutta, Tim Eulitz |
| Released: | Early Access on Steam Greenlight: [1] |
| Latest Release Version: | 2.2.18 |
| Programming Language: | C++,[2] JavaScript, PHP |
| Operating System: | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, Android |
| Platform: | IA-32 and x86-64 |
| Website: | https://www.wallpaperengine.io/ |
| License: | Proprietary software |
Wallpaper Engine is an application for Windows with a companion app on Android[3] which allows users to use and create animated and interactive wallpapers, similar to the defunct Windows DreamScene. Wallpapers are shared through the Steam Workshop functionality as user-created downloadable content. It features its own rendering engine and provides a wallpaper editor, allowing for the creation of 2D and 3D wallpapers, including a particle system editor and a fork of JavaScript called SceneScript for additional wallpaper logic. It also supports using video files, audio files, webpages and some 3D applications as wallpapers.[4]
A proposal outlining the general idea of the software was added to Steam Greenlight in December 2015. The application was subsequently released as a paid product on Steam in October 2016 as an early access title. After three years of development, the software left its early access stage in November 2018.[5] In August 2019, Wallpaper Engine was announced to be one of the release titles for Steam China.[6]
In late November of 2021, the team released version 2.0 of Wallpaper Engine. This update brought a new logo, a large set of additional features, support for Windows 11, and a free android release that interfaces with the desktop version.[7]
Despite not being a game, Wallpaper Engine is one of the most used apps on Steam, being located in Steam's Top 25 played games in July 2019[8] and Top 10 played games in November 2021.[9] Kotaku reported users in China use it to share pornographic videos in 2022.[10]