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Workshop Overview

Mirage has built-in browsing and downloading for the Steam Workshop, mapped directly to Wallpaper Engine’s Workshop content (App ID 431960). You can browse a huge library of wallpapers inside the app, with downloads handled by the SteamCMD instance Mirage manages for you.

Browsing the Steam Workshop with the Nature filter in Mirage

The real Workshop interface after sign-in, filtered to the Nature tag.

How it works

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The Workshop feature relies on two components working together:

  • Steam Web API: used to browse, search, and fetch item details. Mirage uses it to pull trending, newest, most-subscribed, top-rated, and tag-categorized content. See Steam Web API Key.
  • SteamCMD: Valve’s official command-line tool, used to actually download Workshop items. Mirage manages its installation, its dedicated data directory, and Steam sign-in. See SteamCMD and Steam Sign-In.

Before you start

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The first time you switch to the Workshop tab, Mirage walks you through a four-step setup wizard:

  1. Welcome and overview
  2. Install / detect SteamCMD
  3. Sign in to Steam (Steam Guard supported, saved sessions reusable)
  4. Finish

For the details, see Workshop Setup Wizard.

Browsing and downloading

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Once setup is done, you can:

  • Browse sorted by Trending / Newest / Most Subscribed / Top Rated.
  • Filter by tag (Anime, Nature, Cyberpunk, Game, and more).
  • Search by keyword.
  • View item details, then download to your local wallpaper library.

See Browse the Workshop and Download and Manage.

API endpoints

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Mirage offers two Steam Web API endpoints: official (api.steampowered.com) and a mirror. If the official endpoint is unreliable on your network, you can switch to the mirror endpoint in Settings.