Steam app 4484970 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 17:57 UTC
Use animated wallpapers on your desktop. Explore unlimited live wallpapers from the community, or create your own with included AI generations that refill daily.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
6 months, April 2026 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 281 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Wallpaper Animator was released on 19 Apr, 2026.
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A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
22 developer announcements, Apr 2026 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
This update redesigns the whole app around the wallpapers themselves: less clutter, a faster way from seeing a wallpaper to having it on your desktop, and a proper place for your own creations. New Wallpaper drill - click any wallpaper to…
patrik00This update aims to make the app more social & fun and increase the control + quality for creating animations. New Creator profiles - click someone's name and see their published creations, leaderboard standing, etc. Following - follow…
patrik00Version 0.3 is here... You can now create up to 20 animations a day! This is thanks to our new lightweight animation model. New Playlists Lock screen wallpaper automatic syncing (Windows) Energy system, replacing separate limits…
patrik00The most-asked-for change since the limits shipped: you can now buy extra animations. The free allowance also grew, and got faster. New Buy extra animations - packs of 5, 10, or 20 through Steam, at $1 per animation (roughly what one…
Patch notesNew New animation engine - animations are now generated by a different model (MiniMax H3) running on our own servers. Motion looks smoother and more natural on most wallpapers, and picture quality improves on some. If it is ever…
Patch notesMostly fixes this time. The big one, reported by several of you, is the app closing a second after launch on some PCs. If that was you, it should now start normally, and it will tell you how to fix things if it can't. New Stretch fit mode…
Patch notesThis update is about surfacing wallpapers better: search understands more, and the home page shows fewer duplicates and more honest picks. New Search by mood - search now understands a wallpaper's mood and style, not just what it depicts…
Patch notesNew Limits, explained - the create studio now shows how many animations you have ready and when the next one arrives, and a "Why the limits?" link opens the full breakdown: what each creation costs, how image and animation allowances…
Patch notesFew improvements and fixing frequent live wallpaper display stability issue. Improvements Seamless wallpaper switching - picking a new wallpaper now hands over directly from the old video to the new one. No more still image flashing on…
Patch notesThe feedback mentioning picture quality were heard: this update improves it on both the generation side and the playback side. New Per-monitor wallpapers - a screen selector in the top-left corner lets you target all monitors or a single…
Patch notesAnother day another set of updates. Thanks to everyone giving valuable feedback! New Pause while covered - wallpaper playback pauses when a window fully covers a monitor or the session is locked, and resumes the moment the desktop is…
Patch notesA quick follow-up to today's update, focused on a smoother home screen and faster browsing. Improvements Community browsing is much faster - Explore rows, search, and the gallery now load almost instantly. Deleting the wallpaper you are…
Patch notesMost of this update comes straight from your feedback: the Favorites rename, the clearer Favorites button, and the still-image badge all started as player suggestions. Keep it coming. New 10 new languages - Japanese, Korean, Traditional…
Patch notesNew High-priority startup - your wallpaper can load right at login, before the desktop finishes coming up. Turn it on from the first-launch startup prompt or in Settings. (Windows) Update prompt - when a new version is ready, the app shows…
Patch notesNew KDE Plasma video wallpapers (Linux) - Animated wallpapers run natively on KDE, keeping your desktop icons and layout in place. Leaderboard ranks by keeps - Creators are now ranked by how many people keep their wallpapers running…
Patch notesWallpaper Animator Update Daily generation replaces energy Energy has been replaced with a daily generation allowance for full-game owners: 10 image generations and 3 video animations per day, reset at midnight UTC. No credits to spend or…
Patch notesEvery creator can now compete & gets extra energy depending on how liked the wallpapers they share are.These updates are meant to incentivize high quality wallpaper creation.
Patch notesYou can't create wallpapers in the demo but you can use any animated wallpaper from the community. Also the app looks more modern now.
Patch notesNewly supported languages include: English, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
Patch notesSame app, same Steam library entry, same purchases. New name. Your wallpapers, energy balance, and library are untouched. Why? "Wallpaper Animator" is descriptive but generic, and sits next to dozens of similarly-named apps in search. What…
Patch notesStill work in progress but several distros already successfully tested: - Ubuntu 22 & 24 - KDE Plasma - Arch - Pop OS
Patch notesNew Energy system replaces credits — daily regen, simpler usage, cleaner UI Better image generation — sharper results, improved prompt handling Semantic search (Explore) — find wallpapers by meaning, not just keywords Drag & drop import —…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | wallpaper-animator.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | AppRun | linux 64 |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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