DeskScapes

About

DeskScapes allows you to create custom animated backgrounds using personal images or videos, with a cloud-integrated library and design tool. Customize your backgrounds with various effects, drawing tools, brushes, and logos. Share your creations, display system resources, add a clock, and select different backgrounds for each monitor, with the option to cycle through a playlist.

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

48%

Audience ScoreBased on 21 reviews

stability3 negative mentions

Offers a variety of animated wallpapers and effects, making desktop customization enjoyable.
Performance-friendly, using less RAM compared to similar applications, which is beneficial for system resources.
Provides a user-friendly interface for creating and applying wallpapers, appealing to those who want to customize their desktop.

Difficult to uninstall, with reports of the app hiding itself and requiring complex steps to remove it from the system.
Limited library of wallpapers compared to competitors like Wallpaper Engine, leading to dissatisfaction among users.
Experiences bugs and crashes, particularly in early access, causing frustration and a lack of trust in the developers.

stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users report experiencing several freezes and crashes, particularly noting that these issues are expected in early access versions. While many bugs have been addressed since initial reviews, some users still find stability concerns, especially when using specific features like animated wallpapers.
- “I experienced a number of freezes and crashes, but attributed this primarily to being in early access.”
- “Since its early access, the software is buggy (they fixed a lot of bugs since I reviewed it).”
- “Even though I use fences and wanted animated wallpaper that isn't buggy with it, Deskscapes has a fun way to make animated wallpapers while Wallpaper Engine is really complex.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
Users report that the game's optimization is generally good, with low memory usage (starting at 25-35 MB and dropping below 10 MB) and specific settings adjustments available to mitigate lag issues, particularly related to background effects.
- “The game is performance-friendly, using only 25-35 MB at startup and then dropping to less than 10 MB.”
- “If you experience lag when opening fences, go to Settings > Performance and turn off the background blurring for deskscapes.”
- “Its performance is friendly, using only 25-35 MB at startup and then dropping to less than 10 MB.”