Steam Backgrounds-Favorites (Warning: Might be Data Heavy)

i’m into space wallpapers, as you will surely be able to tell (Also really cheap):

7 cents

4 cents

My current:

Also 4 c

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I’ve got a surprise for you all tomorrow. Remind me if I forget :wink:

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Best Daughter

Makina Irisu

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Good enough for government work.

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I only use one backround, this one:

Then I switch the paintins around ever so often and this is how it currently looks on my profile


I own some other cool backgrounds I think about using one day, though. Such as:
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This is my favorite one and the one I use since I got it from the steam awards in 2016

It’s just called “Whoa, dude”

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Cool backgrounds and all but if anyone has “Neo-Paris concept art two” dm me and we can make a offer.

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@Shalandir you forgot…

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Okay, here was the surprise and thanks @hivefleetbothan for reminding me, it took quite a while to compile this for you all:

Borderlands 2


Darksiders


Shadowrun Returns


SteamWorld Heist


XCOM The Bureau Declassified



The Journey Down ch2


XCOM Enemy Unknown


And finally an example of a bad background in 4K:

Tropico 4


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My favorite is the one i’m currently using called Burning Revenge here
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Here is my steam profile if you want to see it on a profile
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Happy to help!

Personal preference, I really think that the Xcom ones look amazing, but then the steam profile doesn’t showcase the good pieces!

The best backgrounds are like the Borderlands 2 one that knows how to have ‘dead space’ that still has a cohesive image.

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I love that Grim Fandango picture because, despite being a whole picture, it deliberately has a middle space that isn’t important. At 1080p, the sidebars have just Hector Le Mans on one side and Manny/Meché on the other. That sidebar alignment is what makes and breaks backgrounds.

Bonus points for a fez AND sinister pose.

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I agree, although the discovery of the seed (floating cube, #spoilers) is such a beautiful background that despite it not showing well on my Steam profile I still kept it for many months (over a year maybe?) But yes, in general the best are those that manage the void well.

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That one of Borderlands 2 is the one I use.

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personally i'm using this from bl2 on my profile, back from my "bl2 phase", and it's somewhat nicely busy, yet toned down colour-wise enough to not be too eye-catching for me

i'm using this for my desktop background still (same posted in the desktop thread)

it’s just so peaceful and tranquil to look at i think
from Defy Gravity, (neat little game btw)

but as far as “favourites” go, i don’t really think i have any, :thinking:
much to many backgrounds for me to browse through,
-and my mind would short-circuit trying to pick out new ones to use, because too many beautiful ones to pick “one” from, so i just settle (for now) with what i selected a long time ago…
“not changing things” is much easier :blush:

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That one is pretty neat, way more than the one I use. Maybe I start changing some cards to get it (unlikely but hey, some day maybe).

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