Wallpaper Engine on Mac

About Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine enables you to use live wallpapers on your Windows desktop. Various types of animated wallpapers are supported, including 3D and 2D animations, websites, videos and even certain applications. Choose an existing wallpaper or create your own and share it on the Steam Workshop!
Bring your desktop alive with realtime graphics, videos, applications or websites.
Personalize animated wallpapers with your favorite colors.
Use interactive wallpapers that can be controlled with your mouse.
Many aspect ratios and native resolutions supported including 16:9, 21:9, 16:10, 4:3.
Multi monitor environments are supported.
Wallpapers will pause while playing games to save performance.
Create your own animated wallpapers in the Wallpaper Engine Editor.
Animate new live wallpapers from basic images or import HTML or video files for the wallpaper.
Steam Workshop to share and download wallpapers.
Wallpaper Engine can be used at the same time as any other Steam game or application.
Supported video formats: mp4, WebM, avi, m4v, mov, wmv (for local files, Workshop only allows mp4).
Support for Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE.
Wallpaper Engine aims to deliver an entertaining experience while using as few system resources as possible. You can choose to automatically pause or completely stop the wallpaper while using another application or playing fullscreen (including borderless windowed mode) to not distract or hinder you while playing a game or working. Many options to tweak quality and performance allow you to make Wallpaper Engine fit your computer perfectly. As a general rule of thumb, 3D, 2D and video based wallpapers will perform best, while websites and applications will require more resources from your system. Having a dedicated GPU is highly recommended, but not required.
Choose from over 700,000 free wallpapers from the Steam Workshop with new wallpapers being uploaded every day! Can’t find a wallpaper that fits your mood? Let your imagination go wild by using the Wallpaper Engine Editor to create your own animated wallpapers from images, videos, websites or applications. A large selection of presets and effects allow you to animate your own images and share them on the Steam Workshop or to just use them for yourself.

How to Run Wallpaper Engine on Mac

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Option 1: Use Parallels

Parallels is the fastest, easiest, and most powerful option to run Windows on your Mac. Data can be shared between Mac and Windows and switching between the two is as simple as switching screens. Run it On Mac recommends Parallels as the #1 best way to run Wallpaper Engine on your Mac desktop or laptop.

Pros: Very Cost-Effective; Easily transfer files; Easily switch between Windows & Mac.

Cons: May see a slight decrease in performance; Cost varies from $50-80 for a personal license.

Option 2: Use Bootcamp

Boot Camp is a boot utility included with most Apple desktop and laptop products that allows users to install a Windows operating system alongside the native macOS/OS X operating system. Using Bootcamp is a relatively technical process and should probably only be undertaken by someone who understands the process.

Pros: Free; Good option if you need high performance or are using an older machine.

Cons: Switching between operating systems requires a restart; difficult, technical installation process.

Wallpaper Engine System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 7
    • Processor: 2.3 GHz Dual Core (or better for higher settings)
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Doesn't matter much
    • Storage: 400 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Game can be played with mouse only