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Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine Team · released Nov 15, 2018

CasualIndieAnimation & ModelingDesign & IllustrationPhoto EditingUtilities

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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88
VGC Score
▼Declininghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop” (2mo ago)

92%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
92%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 473 sampled Steam reviews (453 positive / 20 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

Positive reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

What negative reviews complain about

Negative reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

97%

107 reviews

5-15h

97%

122 reviews

15-40h

95%

99 reviews

40-100h

89%

75 reviews

100h+

100%

70 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews98%932006
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)92%863000
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 88.6, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 1,013,122 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 29, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 17922 total reviews in window · weighted 239 up / 8.8 down · computed 8h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the Workshop
    Jun 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Wallpaper Engine 2.8 - Dynamic Model Generation & Text Rendering Improvements
    May 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image Filters
    Sep 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Wallpaper Engine 2.6 - New Effects, Clipping Masks, Rope Physics & Bug Fixes
    Feb 10, 2025
  5. Wallpaper Engine 2.5 - Playlist Transitions & Editor Update / Retiring Windows 7
    May 30, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  6. Wallpaper Engine 2.4 - Lighting & Shader Improvements, Local Storage & More
    Feb 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  7. Wallpaper Engine 2.3 - New 3D Model Support, Improved Lighting, Asset Hierarchy
    Sep 28, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  8. Wallpaper Engine 2.2 - Album Cover Integration, Fluid Simulation & More
    Oct 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  9. Wallpaper Engine 2.1 - Inverse Kinematics Animations, User Texture Import & More
    Jun 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  10. Wallpaper Engine 2.0.97 - Android Improvements & Fixes, Display HDR Support
    Jan 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  11. Wallpaper Engine 2.0.44 - Windows Firewall Detection and Android Fixes
    Dec 3, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  12. Wallpaper Engine 2.0 - Free Android App, New Logo, New Features and More!
    Nov 26, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  13. Wallpaper Engine 1.7 - FREE Android App Coming Soon - New Features & Bug Fixes
    Sep 23, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  14. Wallpaper Engine 1.6.22 - Minor Improvements & Bug Fixes
    Jun 21, 2021
  15. Wallpaper Engine 1.6 - Real-Time Lighting & Reflections, Screensavers, Mini Mode
    Jun 12, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  16. Patch released - New Iris Effect, Resolution Preferences & More (Build 1.5.2)
    Feb 8, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  17. Patch released - Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes (Build 1.4.172)
    Jan 11, 2021
  18. Patch released - Puppet Warping, Timeline Animations & HDR Bloom (Build 1.4.107)
    Dec 15, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  19. Patch released - Static Wallpapers, Better Brush Panel, Fixes (Build 1.3.136)
    Sep 14, 2020
  20. Patch released - Easier Anime Filter, Script Sharing & Fixes (Build 1.3.75)
    Aug 8, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  21. Patch Released - Wallpaper Flipping, Mute per Monitor & Much More (Build 1.3.2)
    Jul 11, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  22. Patch Released - Performance Improvements & Bug Fixes (Build 1.2.41)
    May 24, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  23. Patch released - Creator's Update: Asset Sharing & UI Improvements (Build 1.2.6)
    May 15, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  24. Patch Released - Razer Chroma Support, Razer Wallpapers and more (Build 1.1.341)
    Feb 14, 2020
  25. Patch Released - Winter skin, Command Line Controls, Video LEDs (Build 1.1.301)
    Dec 13, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  26. Patch Released - Halloween Skin, Seasonal Recommendations, Fixes (Build 1.1.271)
    Oct 25, 2019
  27. Patch Released - Text Layers, Browse by Author (Build 1.1.232)
    Sep 22, 2019
  28. Patch released - Fixes (Build 1.1.174)
    May 6, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  29. Patch Released - Scene Scripting, Editor Snap Layout and lots of Improvements & Fixes (Build 1.1.154)
    Apr 14, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  30. Patch Released - User Properties for Scenes, Fixes (Build 1.1.31)
    Dec 9, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  31. Patch Released - Translation Updates, Default Properties, Keyboard input for URLs, Fixes (Build 1.1.0)
    Nov 14, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  32. CORSAIR Partnership Brings iCUE Software Integration to Wallpaper Engine (Build 1.0.1482)
    Nov 8, 2018
  33. Patch Released - Partial Workshop Access while Steam is broken (Build 1.0.1469)
    Oct 31, 2018
  34. Patch Released - Presets for Workshop and in Playlists (Build 1.0.1454)
    Oct 20, 2018
  35. Patch Released - Hotkeys, Layout Profiles (Build 1.0.1424)
    Sep 21, 2018
  36. Patch Released - New Playlist Features and Fixes (Build 1.0.1394)
    Aug 20, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  37. Patch Released - Application Rules, More Effects & Options, Fixes (Build 1.0.1369)
    Jul 13, 2018
  38. Patch Released - New Effects, Particle Trails, General Fixes (Build 1.0.1329)
    Jun 27, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  39. Patch Released - Workshop Discovery, Editor Improvements, CEF Update (Build 1.0.1276)
    Jun 13, 2018significant · resets scoring window
  40. Patch released - General Fixes, CEF Update, Shine Effect (Build 1.0.1211)
    May 14, 2018

…and 57 earlier patch announcements.