A little life on your desktop.
A native Windows 11 application that brings animated pixel-art animals to your screen. Inspired by 90s classics like eSheep, built for modern systems.
Free demo for Windows 11 · 4 animals · 8.3 MB · download details
*A Mac version (Universal binary) is under consideration for our future roadmap. However, no work has commenced, and there is no timeline or guarantee of release.
Native Engineering
DesktopAnimals is a lightweight, 64-bit C++20 program built directly on the Win32 API. No bulky browser engines—just pure, efficient native performance.
Connected Habitat
Win32 monitor enumeration turns your displays into one habitat. Animals cross boundaries, respect gaps, and land on visible application windows.
Interactive Actors
They walk, rest, tumble, and jump. Drag, throw, remove, or drop them. Some species jump obstacles, charge Gates, or interact socially.
Efficient Rendering
Uses GDI device contexts and Windows Imaging Component to decode PNGs. Alpha composition provides crisp, transparent animations.
Try the free demo
Four light-coloured farm animals – Sheep, Ram, Cow and Pig – roaming, tumbling and exploring your desktop. Download, run the installer and they're off.
- File
- DesktopAnimalsDemo.exe
- Size
- 8.3 MB
- Requires
- Windows 11 (64-bit)
SHA-256 checksum, to confirm your download is genuine:
9c6b57f280c79c92715a9195a70c9203f13c34cca4e868a5815e3a5827910f6a
In PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\DesktopAnimalsDemo.exe
Direct download: https://ggadesigns.com/downloads/desktopanimals/DesktopAnimalsDemo.exe
Windows SmartScreen may ask you to confirm before running a newly released app: choose More info → Run anyway. Additional download mirrors are coming soon.
The Collections
40 species, 52 image assets, and expanding. Each premium pack includes distinct pixel-art spritesheets and unique behaviors.
Collector's All-Access Pass
$32.95 USD
$24.99 USD
Save $7.96 (24%)Free Farm
FREEThe foundational experience, available now as the free demo. Includes light-coloured Sheep, Ram, Cow and Pig.
Complete Farm
$4.99 USD- Sheep (2 colors, female)
- Ram (2 colors, male only)
- Cow (2 colors, female only)
- Bull (2 colors, male only)
- Chicken (2 colors, female only)
- Rooster (2 colors, male only)
- Pig (2 colors: pink female, dark male)
- Horse (2 colors: light female, brown male)
Australia
$6.99 USD- Emu (1 color, male & female)
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo (1 color, male & female)
- Huntsman Spider (1 color, male & female)
- Big Red Kangaroo (1 color, male & female)
- Southern Cassowary (1 color, male & female)
- Koala (1 color, male & female)
- Tasmanian Devil (real, not Taz) (1 color, male & female)
- Dingo (1 color, male & female)
- Short Beaked Echidna (1 color, male & female)
- Platypus (1 color, male & female)
Dinosaurs
$6.99 USD- T-Rex (1 color, male & female)
- Velociraptor (2 colors, male or female)
- Stegosaurus (1 color, male & female)
- Triceratops (1 color, male & female)
- Ankylosaurus (2 colors, male & female)
- Pachycephalosaurus (1 color, male & female)
- Parasaurolophus (1 color, male & female)
- Brachiosaurus (1 color, male & female)
- Spinosaurus (1 color, male & female)
- Dilophosaurus (1 color, male & female)
African Serengeti
$6.99 USD- Lion (male & female variants)
- African Bush Elephant (male & female variants)
- Maasai Giraffe (1 color, male & female)
- Plains Zebra (1 color, male & female)
- Common Hippopotamus (1 color, male & female)
- Common Warthog (1 color, male & female)
- Cheetah (1 color, male & female)
- Blue Wildebeest (1 color, male & female)
- Spotted Hyena (1 color, male & female)
- Black Rhinoceros (1 color, male & female)
Cats & Dogs
$6.99 USD- Grey Tabby Cat (male & female)
- Golden Dog (male & female)