How many people are playing Wallpaper Engine right now?

Wallpaper Engine has 66,547 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 112,271 and an all-time peak of 150,271 on Aug 2023.

What is the all-time peak player count of Wallpaper Engine?

150,271 concurrent players on Aug 2023.

When was Wallpaper Engine released on Steam?

Wallpaper Engine was released on Steam on 16 Nov 2018.

Wallpaper Engine Events

30 announcements · from Wallpaper Engine’s Steam news feed

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Game update29 Jun 2026Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 - Removal of Application Wallpapers from the WorkshopHey everyone, this update introduces a security change to Wallpaper Engine. In the next week, we will be permanently removing the "Application" wallpaper type from the public Steam Workshop. While this sounds drastic, it affects merely 0.5% of all wallpapers with actual user numbers being much lower than even that. The overwhelming majority of users never used any applications wallpapers at all…Major update28 May 2026Wallpaper Engine 2.8 - Dynamic Model Generation & Text Rendering ImprovementsWhile Wallpaper Engine 2.8 was primarily planned as a maintenance release with various bug fixes and improvements under the hood, we also found the time to add some cool new features which you should soon start seeing on new wallpapers. Switch to 64-bit We have been performing a lot of background maintenance recently to improve performance, fix issues and overall future-proof the app. While som…Major update4 Sep 2025Wallpaper Engine 2.7 - Particle Editor Updates, User Shortcuts & Image FiltersWith the release of Wallpaper Engine 2.7, we are introducing a large number of improvements and new features for particle systems and to the particle editor itself. Additionally, the update also introduces a new concept of user shortcuts , which allow wallpaper creators to create clickable elements which open a local user-defined shortcut on the system and we have added a set of image filters,…

Published	Kind	Announcement	Build
19 months ago	Major update	Wallpaper Engine 2.6 - New Effects, Clipping Masks, Rope Physics & Bug Fixes Hey everyone, Wallpaper Engine 2.6 comes with several new features for the wallpaper editor, the update also fixes some bugs and improves compatibility with Windows 11 24H2. Clipping Masks for Puppet Warp Animations Clipping masks are a useful tool to implement certain animations which were not easily possible previously. With clipping masks, you can define certain areas of a puppet model which…	—
2 years ago	Major update	Wallpaper Engine 2.5 - Playlist Transitions & Editor Update / Retiring Windows 7 Wallpaper Engine 2.5 adds new features for end-users and content creators alike. The update also includes a lot of bug fixes and overall maintenance work. In anticipation of upcoming changes to the desktop experience on Windows 11, we have upgraded many parts of the app for better compatibility. Retiring Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 Since Steam has officially dropped support for Windows…	—
3 years ago	Major update	Wallpaper Engine 2.4 - Lighting & Shader Improvements, Local Storage & More Hey everyone, Wallpaper Engine 2.4 largely builds on top of the new 3D features we have added with the previous update but also improves on the existing 2D wallpaper feature set. New 3D Features Real-time Shadows As an extension to the new lighting features we have added in the last updates, we are introducing real-time shadows for 3D models. You can enable shadows for your lights and models wi…	—
3 years ago	Major update	Wallpaper Engine 2.3 - New 3D Model Support, Improved Lighting, Asset Hierarchy

Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.