15 Wuthering Waves Live Wallpapers for Mac (Hsin, Suoming)
Pulled Hsin and want to see her outside the game too? A Wuthering Waves live wallpaper puts her on your Mac desktop with the flames still flickering, and the same goes for Jinhsi's butterflies, Chisa's cherry blossoms and the glowing tree of light from Solaris-3. There are about 40 Wuthering Waves scenes in Backdrop's public gallery. These are the 15 I'd actually keep on a desktop, grouped by character, with a note on how busy each one is.
One thing first: Backdrop runs only on Macs with macOS 15 Sequoia or later, so if you found this from Windows or a phone, these scenes won't play there. On a Mac, the free trial never expires and covers up to three watermarked wallpapers. That's room for Hsin, Suoming and one more favourite before you decide.
| If you want… | Start with | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Hsin in 4K | Hsin by revvy | Hsin sits in mid-air above a fiery city, with flames flickering around her. |
| The liveliest character scene | Jinhsi by revvy | Golden butterflies and cherry petals drift across a close-up of her face. |
| Something calm for work | Cartethyia by muri | A still night sky and a full moon behind her, with almost nothing moving. |
The images below are single frames, so tap through to a pick's gallery page to see the loop play. Backdrop users uploaded every one of them, and each carries the uploader name shown in the gallery. More are in the anime and gaming categories.
Hsin and Suoming Live Wallpapers
The two pages people search for most right now, both in 4K.
Hsin
Gallery credit: revvy. Hsin sits in mid-air above dark rooftops, legs crossed and stretched out, a golden ring balanced on one hand and red streamers of fire curling around her. The flames and light flicker through the 13-second loop while she stays put, so it reads as a portrait rather than an action clip. The warm reds and golds suit a dark Dock and menu bar.
Suoming Wuthering Waves
Gallery credit: revvy. Suoming stands on a small red pedestal, umbrella in hand, in a grey city of floating blocks and red maple branches. Smoke drifts slowly across the lower half while she barely moves. It's one of the quieter picks here, so it won't pull your eye away from a document.
More Resonator Live Wallpapers
Jinhsi, Chisa, Cartethyia, Phoebe, Phrolova and Hiyuki, from close-ups to full scenes.
Jinhsi
Gallery credit: revvy. A tight close-up of Jinhsi under cherry blossoms. Golden butterflies flutter across her face and petals fall through the 20-second loop, which makes it the liveliest character pick in this list. The blossoms on the right are busy, so it looks best with a tidy desktop.
Jinshi Wuthering Waves
Gallery credit: Harunoyuki. The page is titled Jinshi, but this is Jinhsi's dragon: a pale blue serpent coiling through rings of light in deep space. The glow pulses and the rings ripple outward. The loop is short at under 7 seconds, so you'll notice it repeat if you watch closely.
Chisa
Gallery credit: revvy. Chisa stands by a railing in front of a wooden temple, with red maples filling the frame. Her hair and the leaves sway, and sunlight flares softly across the top. It's the most autumnal pick here.
Chisa Under Cherry Blossoms
Gallery credit: UW User. Chisa with her back to you, looking up at overgrown city towers through a canopy of pink blossoms while petals fall. It comes from a QHD source rather than 4K, but the soft purple light hides that well on a laptop screen.
Cartethyia
Gallery credit: muri. Cartethyia in profile against a huge full moon, with the Milky Way behind her. Only the stars and a faint glow change, so this is the calmest pick in the list. I'd leave it on a work Mac.
Phoebe
Gallery credit: muri. Phoebe reads a blue book under a wide sun hat, with a faint rainbow behind her and white petals drifting past. It runs a full 30 seconds and is the brightest scene here, so it's the one for light mode.
Phrolova
Gallery credit: revvy. The whole scene is grey except Phrolova's red dress. Partway through the loop, faded figures of children and an older man appear beside her and then fade again, which gives it more story than most wallpapers. It suits a dark, minimal setup.
Hiyuki Wuthering Waves
Gallery credit: Ty. Hiyuki stands under a twisted cherry tree with her katana at her side, the sun flaring behind her. Her ponytail and the blossoms blow in the wind through a 9-second loop. For a darker take, the gaming roundup has an ink-brushed Hiyuki scene with glowing red eyes.
Rover, Story Moments and Landscapes
Rover, group art and the world of Solaris-3 itself.
Aemeath & Rover
Gallery credit: daiwa. Aemeath waves while she and Rover walk down a path under pale blossoms. At 60 seconds, it's the longest loop here by far, and the pastel colours keep it soft enough for all-day use.
Wuthering Waves: Aemeath - Paper Plane
Gallery credit: UW User. Aemeath floats upside down through a deep blue starfield above a dark-haired figure, with a long streak of light cutting across the frame. Stars twinkle and the light shimmers. The dark blue fills most of the screen, so it pairs well with dark mode.
Wuthering Waves 3.5
Gallery credit: wugang. A crowded group piece, with Resonators swirling around a golden moon, blue feathers and petals drifting through the frame. It's busy, so I'd give it a second display rather than a desktop full of icons.
Wuthering Waves Tree
Gallery credit: Backdrop User. No characters, just a towering blue tree of light over a field of glowing points. Streaks of light cross the sky and the field shimmers, so it moves more than anything else here. Pick this one if you want Wuthering Waves without a face on your desktop.
Exostrider Wuthering Waves
Gallery credit: Harunoyuki. The Exostrider hangs in a dark sky with blue lightning crackling across its wings and golden trails sweeping below. It's also in the best gaming live wallpapers roundup, alongside picks from other games.
How to Set a Wuthering Waves Live Wallpaper on Your Mac
The built-in Wallpaper settings in macOS stop at photos, Apple's dynamic wallpapers and its aerial videos, so there's no way to make Hsin move there. Backdrop handles the rest, and every pick above opens straight into it:
- Download Backdrop and open it on a Mac running macOS 15 or later.
- Open a pick's page from this list, preview the loop, then choose Open in Backdrop.
- Click the wallpaper in Backdrop to download it and set it as your desktop. On macOS 26 or later it plays on the Lock Screen too. On macOS 15 Sequoia, turn on Lock Screen support in Backdrop's Settings first; how to change your Mac Lock Screen has the details.
The full walkthrough is in how to set a video as your wallpaper on macOS.
Tip: Got a second monitor? Give each screen its own Resonator: Cartethyia's moon on the MacBook, say, and the Wuthering Waves Tree on the big display. See different live wallpapers on multiple Mac displays.
Will a Live Wallpaper Slow Down Wuthering Waves on Mac?
Play Wuthering Waves full screen and the wallpaper is out of the picture: Backdrop pauses playback automatically whenever an app goes full screen, so the wallpaper stays still while you play. Outside the game, the Backdrop page lists less than 0.3% CPU usage when running on a MacBook Pro (as of October 2026), and it cuts back further on battery power. If you play in a window, a calm pick like Cartethyia or Suoming keeps the desktop behind it quiet. The live wallpaper performance guide has the details.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How do I get a Hsin live wallpaper on my Mac?
Install Backdrop, open the Hsin page from the gallery with Open in Backdrop, and click the wallpaper in the app to set it as your desktop.
Can you play Wuthering Waves on a Mac?
Yes. As of October 2026, Kuro Games lists Wuthering Waves as a free download on the Mac App Store for Macs with an Apple M1 chip or later running macOS 12 or later.
Are Wuthering Waves live wallpapers free on Mac?
You can try up to three of them free, with a watermark and no time limit. The full gallery without watermarks costs, as of October 2026, 1.99 a month, 14.99 a year or $29.99 once for a lifetime license (US prices).
Is there a 4K Hsin wallpaper?
Yes. The Hsin pick comes from a 3840 × 2160 source, and so do 13 of the other 14 here. Chisa Under Cherry Blossoms is the one QHD scene.
Can I put a Wuthering Waves wallpaper on my Lock Screen?
Yes. Backdrop plays the same wallpaper on the Lock Screen on macOS 26 or later, and on macOS 15 Sequoia once you turn on Lock Screen support in its Settings.
Start with Hsin if you came for her, and keep Cartethyia's moon for the days you need to focus.
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