Screensavers or "screensavers" are those animations that keep the computer screen moving, preventing the static image of the desktop from being imprinted in the monitor pixels when the PC is left stationary.
today's monitors do not have this problem and, indeed, on laptops screensavers consume unnecessarily battery, but still remain among the graphically best functions of Windows, especially if you put quality 3D animation as a screensaver.
A screensaver is also useful for protecting the privacy of your PC so when you get up from your chair to hide what you see on the screen.
Searching for free screensavers, however, may not be easy because many sites where you can download them often hide deceptions in the form of viruses or paid programs. In this article, we have collected what are today the best free screensavers for Windows 10, Windows 7 and 8, to download and install on your computer.
READ ALSO: Various animated screensavers for PC: aquarium, matrix and customized backgrounds
Each screensaver must be downloaded, extracted with a program such as 7Zip and installed.
After installation, press the right mouse button on the screen, go to the customization properties and select the one installed from the list of screensavers.
In Windows 10 the screensaver configuration is found by going to Settings> Personalization> Lock screen .
For some screensavers, you can press the Settings button to choose some customization options.
Everyone can preview it before applying it.
1) Earth Screensaver HD is an impressive screensaver showing the Earth captured by satellite .
The screensaver uses the internet connection to represent, in real time, the day and night. From time to time a point is zoomed in and the name of the framed city is marked. At the bottom there is the clock while at the top there is information updated in real time regarding the population, pollution, deforestation and many other environmental data. In my opinion this is the best screensaver ever but it is not the only one that shows the rotating Earth.
READ ALSO: Free screensavers with weather forecast, clock, photos and news
2) Another terrestrial screensaver is GeocodEarth which uses the internet connection to show images and updates from Twitter, Flickr and other sources. You can customize the flow of sources from the screen saver options and, in the upper right corner, you can click to register an account.
3) Briblo is a screensaver for Lego lovers. It is a 3D animation where the lego bricks fall from above and go to create a tower that grows upwards.
The screensaver is also interactive and, by pressing the arrows on the keyboard, you can play like a Tetris.
4) WikiQoute Screensaver is a screensaver also available in Italian where famous phrases scroll on the screen.
5) Cubicleflood is a free screensaver for Windows and Mac PC where an office room appears, as if it were filmed by a camera, completely flooded, filled with moving water.
The effect is truly top-notch and worth a try.
6) Among the best screensavers are hypnotic ones like Zoomquit, a continuous zoom that shows different images and artistic paintings, without ever stopping and with an effect that always seems to be the same. This screensaver can be tried without downloading and installing anything.
Other screensavers and hypnotic backgrounds for an animated desktop and hallucinogenic effects are in another article.
7) IMAX Hubble 3D is a screensaver with images of space that run one after the other.
Another screensaver with space images, this time from NASA, is this .
8) Electric Sheep reported in the post on screensavers for research projects, is one of the best hypnotic screensavers in graphic terms.
9) The Endless Forest is a multiplayer game that installs itself as a screensaver .
In a magical forest drawn in 3D, a circle moves with the mouse exploring the environment, without specific objectives but with the possibility of meeting other people who are using the screensaver.
10) UsefulSaver is the useful screensaver that shows the percentage of CPU usage, memory and other customizable information on the screen.
11) Sun Village - NVIDIA Edition is a screensaver of high graphic impact, which looks almost like a 3D video game, which combines images and sounds in an absolutely satisfactory way. During the installation process, however, be careful not to install 3Planesoft Screensaver Manager which is useless.
12) Lost-watch-2 Nvidia is another screensaver created by Nvidia with a beautiful antique clock, relaxing images and sounds.
13) Solar System - Uranus 3D depicts a 3D image of the planet Uranus in motion.
14) Maze 3D is the remake of one of the oldest Windows screensavers, what looks like a first person shooter game, with a run through a maze with strange shapes floating around.
15) Tubi 3D is another historical Windows screensaver, downloadable now for Windows 10 with the tubes that stretch in a 3D movement.
16) YoWindow shows the weather forecast in real time, with one with an animated background for PC and Mac.
17) Aerial Screensaver is a Mac screensaver that can also be downloaded to a Windows PC, showing a live aerial shot of the Apple headquarters live.
18) the blue error screen, a screensaver that makes your computer look like it crashed, perfect for office use.
19) NES Screen Saver plays one of the playable Nintendo games.
20) Helios generates smooth purple bubbles that move against each other, bouncing and rotating on the screen. The colors are a nice neon shade and you can make various changes such as changing the number of bubbles on the screen and adding motion blur.
21) Autumn Wonderland 3D is an autumn scene with a beautiful range of colors in motion, with small woodland creatures walking across the screen, increasing that relaxing and enveloping effect. There is also an elegant analog clock in the lower left corner.
READ ALSO: How to create Screensavers with photos and images and animated effects .
today's monitors do not have this problem and, indeed, on laptops screensavers consume unnecessarily battery, but still remain among the graphically best functions of Windows, especially if you put quality 3D animation as a screensaver.
A screensaver is also useful for protecting the privacy of your PC so when you get up from your chair to hide what you see on the screen.
Searching for free screensavers, however, may not be easy because many sites where you can download them often hide deceptions in the form of viruses or paid programs. In this article, we have collected what are today the best free screensavers for Windows 10, Windows 7 and 8, to download and install on your computer.
READ ALSO: Various animated screensavers for PC: aquarium, matrix and customized backgrounds
Each screensaver must be downloaded, extracted with a program such as 7Zip and installed.
After installation, press the right mouse button on the screen, go to the customization properties and select the one installed from the list of screensavers.
In Windows 10 the screensaver configuration is found by going to Settings> Personalization> Lock screen .
For some screensavers, you can press the Settings button to choose some customization options.
Everyone can preview it before applying it.
1) Earth Screensaver HD is an impressive screensaver showing the Earth captured by satellite .
The screensaver uses the internet connection to represent, in real time, the day and night. From time to time a point is zoomed in and the name of the framed city is marked. At the bottom there is the clock while at the top there is information updated in real time regarding the population, pollution, deforestation and many other environmental data. In my opinion this is the best screensaver ever but it is not the only one that shows the rotating Earth.
READ ALSO: Free screensavers with weather forecast, clock, photos and news
2) Another terrestrial screensaver is GeocodEarth which uses the internet connection to show images and updates from Twitter, Flickr and other sources. You can customize the flow of sources from the screen saver options and, in the upper right corner, you can click to register an account.
3) Briblo is a screensaver for Lego lovers. It is a 3D animation where the lego bricks fall from above and go to create a tower that grows upwards.
The screensaver is also interactive and, by pressing the arrows on the keyboard, you can play like a Tetris.
4) WikiQoute Screensaver is a screensaver also available in Italian where famous phrases scroll on the screen.
5) Cubicleflood is a free screensaver for Windows and Mac PC where an office room appears, as if it were filmed by a camera, completely flooded, filled with moving water.
The effect is truly top-notch and worth a try.
6) Among the best screensavers are hypnotic ones like Zoomquit, a continuous zoom that shows different images and artistic paintings, without ever stopping and with an effect that always seems to be the same. This screensaver can be tried without downloading and installing anything.
Other screensavers and hypnotic backgrounds for an animated desktop and hallucinogenic effects are in another article.
7) IMAX Hubble 3D is a screensaver with images of space that run one after the other.
Another screensaver with space images, this time from NASA, is this .
8) Electric Sheep reported in the post on screensavers for research projects, is one of the best hypnotic screensavers in graphic terms.
9) The Endless Forest is a multiplayer game that installs itself as a screensaver .
In a magical forest drawn in 3D, a circle moves with the mouse exploring the environment, without specific objectives but with the possibility of meeting other people who are using the screensaver.
10) UsefulSaver is the useful screensaver that shows the percentage of CPU usage, memory and other customizable information on the screen.
11) Sun Village - NVIDIA Edition is a screensaver of high graphic impact, which looks almost like a 3D video game, which combines images and sounds in an absolutely satisfactory way. During the installation process, however, be careful not to install 3Planesoft Screensaver Manager which is useless.
12) Lost-watch-2 Nvidia is another screensaver created by Nvidia with a beautiful antique clock, relaxing images and sounds.
13) Solar System - Uranus 3D depicts a 3D image of the planet Uranus in motion.
14) Maze 3D is the remake of one of the oldest Windows screensavers, what looks like a first person shooter game, with a run through a maze with strange shapes floating around.
15) Tubi 3D is another historical Windows screensaver, downloadable now for Windows 10 with the tubes that stretch in a 3D movement.
16) YoWindow shows the weather forecast in real time, with one with an animated background for PC and Mac.
17) Aerial Screensaver is a Mac screensaver that can also be downloaded to a Windows PC, showing a live aerial shot of the Apple headquarters live.
18) the blue error screen, a screensaver that makes your computer look like it crashed, perfect for office use.
19) NES Screen Saver plays one of the playable Nintendo games.
20) Helios generates smooth purple bubbles that move against each other, bouncing and rotating on the screen. The colors are a nice neon shade and you can make various changes such as changing the number of bubbles on the screen and adding motion blur.
21) Autumn Wonderland 3D is an autumn scene with a beautiful range of colors in motion, with small woodland creatures walking across the screen, increasing that relaxing and enveloping effect. There is also an elegant analog clock in the lower left corner.
READ ALSO: How to create Screensavers with photos and images and animated effects .
