Breathe inside the wallpaper
A watercolor pond settles behind your icons, with willow shade along their side. Displays share fish and ripples. Turn off Enhanced effects, pause the pond, or enable launch at login, which is off by default.
Windows 10 / 11 · Planned for October 2026
When a cat
moves into your wallpaper.
Wallpaper Cat brings a kitten and a watercolor koi pond to your desktop. Feed your fish, watch the cat visit, and set the mood with weather and music—a little calm for work and breaks.
- Free to play on Steam
- 31 interface languages
- Local music · Local saves · Steam Cloud
Reserve launch newsAdd to Steam wishlistPlanned release: October 2026. Follow Steam for the latest release information.
A different view of your desktopApp screenshot
A pond in your wallpaper. A kitten on your desktop.Meet your desktop kitten
A watercolor pond: a small pause on your desktop.
A little cat, a watercolor koi pond, and a quiet corner of your desktop. Enjoy Wallpaper Cat alongside work, study, or a break.
Small things worth noticing
Your desktop can have its own weather.
Watch the cat go fishing
The cat hops onto its fishing stone, fixes on a koi, crouches, and strikes. It eats one only when four or more koi remain; otherwise it catches one to play and lets it go.
Let day turn into night
Choose sun, clouds, rain, or snow yourself. Keep a fixed day or night, or switch automatically with your computer’s local time. No location lookup or live weather service is needed.
Play your own music
Built-in guqin, singing bowl, wind chime, and pond-water loops play locally, and you can import music from your computer. Play in order, shuffle, or repeat one track, with one soundtrack across your displays.
Give the kitten a name
After eight hours of accumulated running time, receive your first rename card automatically. From the next month, get one card per month, valid that month without stacking. Names can be up to 12 characters.
Keep your own koi
Start with four koi and add up to 50. Name them, choose a pattern or paint your own. Food drops are unlimited; koi grow from what they actually eat that day, and today’s ranking refreshes at local midnight.
Free base app · optional extras
Begin with a ginger kitten.
The Steam listing describes a free-to-play Windows release planned for October 2026. Check Steam for optional content, availability, and final release details.
Free base app
Ginger kitten, living pond, and core interactions
Feeding, koi management, weather, music, rename cards, and multiple displays are included.
Optional extras
More ways to personalize
Optional appearances and other extras follow the Steam store listing. Check the store for availability and final contents.
Release updates
Follow on Steam
Add the game to your Steam wishlist to receive a notification when it becomes available.
Begin here
Three steps, then the pond is yours.
Add to Steam wishlist
Open the Steam page and add the game to your wishlist for release news.
Install and open
After release, install through Steam on Windows 10 or Windows 11. Check the Steam system requirements before installing.
Begin from the desktop
Click the kitten to manage the pond, feed the koi, or invite it fishing. Choose music and day/night modes in settings.
Don’t miss the opening
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