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Desktop Gremlins

A transparent desktop pet that lives on your screen, evolves through 5 characters and wreaks havoc with open applications. Feed and pet it—or face its wrath.

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Release Date:

Aug 6, 2026

Developer:

ShuGhost

Publisher:

ShuGhost

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We're launching Desktop Gremlins in Early Access because we want to grow the game alongside our community. The core experience is already fun and fully playable — 5 characters, an evolution system, pranks, and Steam Workshop support. But we have much more planned: new characters, new mischief behaviors, achievements, and features shaped by player feedback. If people enjoy having a little gremlin on their desktop, we'll keep building.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We plan to stay in Early Access for approximately 6 to 12 months. The timeline depends on community feedback and how many new characters and features we're able to add. Once we feel the content is complete and stable, we'll move to full release.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“We plan to expand the roster with more unique characters, each with their own animations and personality. We're also looking to add achievements, more prank behaviors, seasonal events, and deeper pet interaction mechanics. The full version will feel like a complete, polished experience compared to Early Access.

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What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The game is fully playable from day one. It includes 4 characters with unique animations, an EXP and evolution system, a needs system, speech bubbles in 4 languages, music and app reactions, prank behaviors, and Steam Workshop support for custom sprite packs. The experience is stable and bug-free for everyday use.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We plan to raise the price when we leave Early Access and add more content. Early Access buyers get the best price and all future updates for free.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We plan to actively gather feedback through Steam discussions and community hub. Players can vote on new characters, suggest prank behaviors, and upload custom sprite packs to the Workshop. Community input will directly shape what gets added next.”

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About This Game

Meet your new desktop companion — a mischievous creature that lives directly on your screen, reacts to everything you do, and absolutely refuses to be ignored.

Desktop Gremlins is a transparent, always-on-top desktop pet that evolves as you spend time with it. Feed it, pet it, entertain it, and watch as a tiny slime gradually transforms into a powerful dark sorceress. Just don’t forget to take care of your gremlin — or be prepared to face the consequences!

🌱 Evolve Your Companion

Begin as a tiny slime and progress through four unique stages of evolution. Each character has its own appearance, animations, dialogue, and personality. Feeding, petting, and other interactions grant experience and help your gremlin evolve.

😈 Chaos Mode

Want to cause a little mayhem? Enable Chaos Mode and give your gremlin complete freedom. It can shake and move windows, rearrange desktop icons, spin your browser, flash the taskbar, and perform other unexpected pranks.

Your gremlin will make sure it gets noticed.

🎵 Music and Application Reactions

Your gremlin dances when it hears music and reacts differently when you open Steam, Discord, Visual Studio Code, Photoshop, and other applications. It carefully watches what you are doing and always has an opinion.

💬 A Living Personality

Enjoy hundreds of different lines in four languages:

• English
• Українська
• Русский
• 日本語

Your gremlin can be hungry, happy, sleepy, affectionate, or furious — and it will always make sure you know exactly how it feels.

🛠 Steam Workshop

Customize your gremlin with community-created sprite packs from the Steam Workshop. Subscribe to creations made by other players, download them directly through Steam, and apply them in the application.

Want to share your own character? The built-in upload tool validates the structure and dimensions of your sprites, then allows you to publish a complete sprite pack directly to the Steam Workshop.

Create your own gremlins, share them with the community, and discover new designs made by other users.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Selected promotional artwork on the Steam store page was created with assistance from generative AI tools. This artwork was manually reviewed and edited by the developer. The application itself does not contain any AI-generated code or visual assets, does not generate AI content during use, and does not connect to external AI services.

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-6300
Memory: 500 MB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260X (2 GB VRAM)
Storage: 500 MB available space

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