Wallpaper Engine hasn’t just helped protect my OLED displays it’s cheered me up more times than I can count every time I bring up my desktop.Juicyneko Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. If you only buy one Steam app this year, make sure it’s this superbly created gallery of animated backgrounds. I’m guessing Steam only tracks usage when my desktop background is visible, and not when I’m working with fullscreen Google Chrome browsers.Įither way, 120 hours of enjoyment for $4 /£3.50 is one hell of an investment.

Right now, I’m using the same animated ‘Fortune (Nebula)’ wallpaper across both my displays - good work, creator Tim Barton! And its gently shifting cosmic clouds ensure my monitors have far less static on-screen elements in-play - thus reducing my chances of being struck by OLED burn-in.Īt the time of writing, my Steam tracking data says I’ve used Wallpaper Engine for 122.2 hours, which honestly seems on the low side. (Image credit: Wallpaper Engine / 'ZERBI-XCVII') Enabling a dynamic wallpaper that constantly moves your screen’s pixels is a stress-reducing lifesaver. When I’m playing the best Steam games, one of my monitors is inevitably idle. As someone who games across two OLED displays, this is a great feature. Or perhaps you’ll opt for seasonal vibes and install a couple of Christmas-themed wallpapers, like I did during the festive season last year.Įnabling a dynamic wallpaper that constantly moves your OLED screen’s pixels is a stress-reducing lifesaverĪnother big (although pretty niche) plus with Wallpaper Engine is that it lets you reduce the chance of OLED burn-in. Maybe you’re a big fan of Marvel movies and want an ultrawide background of Iron Man and Captain America scrapping it out. That’s a lot of pixels to deal with, yet Wallpaper Engine lets me set dynamic backgrounds for both my screens with utter precision.įancy an animated wallpaper of a moonlit cityscape? This Steam app has you covered. Currently, I work and play games across an Alienware AW3423DWF QD-OLED (resolution 3,440 x 1,440) and a 48-inch LG C2 OLED TV (resolution 3,840 x 2,160). (Image credit: Wallpaper Enigne / 'Visualdon')Īs someone who owns a very specific display setup, I massively appreciate the level of customization Wallpaper Engine gives me.

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