Live wallpapers for your desktop
Your desktop, alive
Beautiful live wallpapers that loop seamlessly behind your icons. Browse the gallery, set one live in a click. And when nothing fits, make your own with AI.
Built in, not bolted on
Nothing fits? Make it.
Type a few words. AI paints the scene, sets it in motion, and loops it seamlessly. A wallpaper nobody else has, on your desktop a minute later.
Quick facts
What you get
- Platforms
- Windows 10 and 11. 64-bit Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, or equivalent) and SteamOS 3. Linux details
- Price
- $4.99 (US store), a one-time purchase on Steam; regional prices and sales vary. Optional energy packs in the app.
- Included
- 10,000+ community wallpapers ranked by how many people keep them, your own videos and images, and 100 AI energy every day. How making one works
- Offline
- Downloaded wallpapers keep playing without a connection.
- What it isn't
- Not on macOS. Doesn't play Wallpaper Engine or Steam Workshop wallpapers. Video loops and stills only, nothing interactive or audio-reactive. Compared with Wallpaper Engine
FAQ
Common questions
Is Wallpaper Animator free?
No. It's a one-time purchase on Steam ($4.99 in the US store; regional prices and sales vary). The community gallery and your own videos and images are included with no limit. AI creation runs on energy: 100 recharges every day, and optional energy packs are sold in the app if you want more.
Does it work on Linux?
Yes. It's a native 64-bit Linux app on Steam (Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, or equivalent, and SteamOS 3). It plays on KDE Plasma, including Steam Deck desktop mode, on GNOME through XWayland, on Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE, and on wlroots compositors such as Hyprland and sway. On Linux every monitor shows the same wallpaper and there's no automatic pause for games.
Is it available on Mac?
No. Wallpaper Animator runs on Windows 10, Windows 11 and 64-bit Linux. There is no macOS version.
Can it play Wallpaper Engine wallpapers?
No. Wallpaper Animator is a separate app, not Wallpaper Engine, and it can't open Wallpaper Engine projects or Steam Workshop items. It plays video loops and still images: its own community gallery, wallpapers you make in the app, and your own files.
How does AI creation work, and what does it cost?
In the Studio you describe a scene in a chat. It makes a picture, changes it when you ask (time of day, style, colors), and animates it into a seamless loop, usually in a few minutes. Every account gets 100 energy a day and can hold up to 100. A picture costs 15 and an animation 50, so one day's energy covers up to 2 animations. If a generation fails, its energy is returned, up to a daily limit.
Will it slow down my games?
On Windows, a monitor's wallpaper pauses while a fullscreen or maximized app covers it, which frees the GPU for games. The setting is called Pause when covered and is on by default. On Linux there is no automatic pause: the wallpaper keeps playing.
Can I use my own videos and images?
Yes. Import images or videos and they play, rotate and join collections like any other wallpaper, with no limit and no energy cost. Animating an imported picture costs energy like any other animation.
Can I have a different wallpaper on each monitor?
On Windows, yes: pick a screen in the screen selector at the top left of the app, then set a wallpaper for it. On Linux, all monitors show the same wallpaper.
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