Desktop Mate
A little more joy on your desktop, every day. Always with the characters you love—they sit on your windows, play with your mouse cursor, and respond to head pats. Featuring a built-in alarm and in-game sync, with new officially licensed character DLCs released regularly!
- Release Date:1/8/2025
- Developer:infiniteloop
- Publisher:infiniteloop
- Last Updated:6/23/2026
- Steam App Id:3301060
Desktop Mate
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Desktop Mate has 2,768 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 88% lower than its previous all-time peak of 23,420 players achieved on 1/12/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Desktop Mate. It has received a total of 9,000 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 65 (Mixed).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Desktop Mate and its growth over time. It currently has 25,087 followers on its community page.
About Desktop Mate
Desktop Mate is an Animation & Modeling, Utilities, and Free to Play game developed by infiniteloop. On 1/8/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by infiniteloop.
Players have rated Desktop Mate as "Mixed" out of 9,000 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 5,988 positive reviews and 3,012 negative reviews — an overall 67% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play completely for free. The game also has a total of 36 DLC add-ons including: Hatsune Miku MAGICAL MIRAI 2025 Ver. DLC, Desktop Mate Work Cat DLC, and Desktop Mate Touhou Project Hakurei Reimu DLC available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
From the Steam community, Desktop Mate has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Survival Horror
- Souls-like
- Story Rich
- Free to Play
- Psychological Horror
- Mature
- Gore
- Animation & Modeling
- Dating Sim
- Nudity
- Horror
- Hentai
- Cute
- Sexual Content
- Software
- Anime
- Utilities
- Relaxing
- Colorful
- NSFW
- Singleplayer
- Female Protagonist
- Desktop Companion
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Desktop Mate and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Desktop Mate is referenced by 36 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hatsune Miku MAGICAL MIRAI 2025 Ver. DLC | DLC | 7/24/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Work Cat DLC | DLC | 12/15/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Touhou Project Hakurei Reimu DLC | DLC | 12/3/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Hanakuma Chifuyu DLC | DLC | 11/20/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate SNOW MIKU JR Tower Ver. DLC | DLC | 2/5/2026 | View |
 | Koharu Rikka DLC | DLC | 6/17/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate CINNAMOROLL DLC | DLC | 3/5/2026 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Yuzuki Yukari DLC | DLC | 12/9/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Touhou Project Yukkuri Reimu DLC | DLC | 12/3/2025 | View |
 | Desktop Mate Kagamine Rin DLC | DLC | 1/28/2026 | View |
Supported Languages
Desktop Mate is available in 2 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| English | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Desktop Mate data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, June 23). Desktop Mate on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3301060
- Valve Corporation. (2026, June 23). Desktop Mate. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/3301060
- infiniteloop. (2024, December 9). Desktop Mate. Desktop Mate. https://www.infiniteloop.co.jp/desktopmate/