PremiumLaunch4 × 2 gridSince EdgeOS 1.2.0
GameShelf
Every game from Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, EA, Ubisoft, Xbox and Riot: art, playtime and what's running. Tap to play, hold for favorites, categories and more.
A built-in widget in EdgeOS, the desktop widget app for Windows 10 and 11. Put it on any monitor or on the CORSAIR XENEON EDGE, at any size, next to your other widgets. It's part of EdgeOS Premium, a one-time $19.99 upgrade.
What you can set
- Design
- Edited design
- Covers
- Box art (upright) · Capsules (wide) · Icons (square)
- Which picture the covers show. Spotlight's and Showcase's large picture is the game's backdrop either way.
- Cover size
- Small · Medium · Large
- Shelf: about how big the covers are. Smaller fits more games.
- Spotlight's large game
- Left · Right
- Darken the art
- Spotlight and Showcase: how dark the backdrop gets behind its words.
- Backdrop
- How strongly the featured game's art shows behind it.
- Line the covers up
- Left · Centre · Right
- Shelf, when they don't fill the tile.
- Spacing
- Tight · Normal · Roomy
- Corners
- Launcher
- Every launcher
- Show
- Every game · Favorites (0) · Hidden games (0)
- Favorites and categories are shared by every GameShelf. Hold a game to star it, hide it or put it in a category.
- Order
- Recently played · Name · Most played · Recently installed
- Favorites keep the order you starred them in under Recently played.
- Games shown at most
- Fewer show when the tile has no room for them.
- Games
- All installed · Ready to play
- Ready to play leaves out games still downloading.
- Hide games never played
- The game you're playing first
- And featured in Spotlight and Now playing while it runs.
- Covers and art
- Game logos
- Spotlight and Showcase: the game's logo instead of its name, when it has one.
- Names under the covers
- Shelf. A game without art always shows its name.
- Playtime
- Last played
- Time this session
- While a game runs, its last-played line says for how long.
- Launcher name
- Launcher badges
- The launcher's mark on each cover.
- Favorite stars
- Achievements
- Where the launcher keeps them on this PC (Steam).
- Now playing / Continue
- Play button
- Close button
- While a game runs. Closing asks twice; if the game doesn't close, it offers a forced close, which asks twice again.
- Playtime bars
- List.
- Title
- Number of games
- Title
- Playtime as
- 12.5 h · 12 h 30 min · 13 h
- Last played as
- 3 days ago · A date
- Names
- As the launcher has them · CAPITALS
- Tap a game
- Play · Menu
- Showcase: a tap on a cover features it, a second tap plays it.
- Hold a game
- Menu · Play · Open in launcher · Nothing
- Tap twice to play
- The first tap says Tap again on the game, so a stray touch never starts anything.
- Play button
- Unset, the widget's accent.
- Play button text
- Playing now
- Play button
- Text on Play
- Auto · Light · Dark · Custom
- Auto picks light or dark text from the colour, so it always reads.
- Text on Play: custom
- Running
- Star button
- Unset, a soft tint of the text colour.
- Featured game's ring
- Unset, the text colour.
- Fade over the art
- Unset, the tile's own colour.
- Favorite stars
- Playtime bars
- Tile box
- Off, the design floats on the background. On, it sits in a tile like the other widgets.
Parts you can restyle
Each part can be resized, given its own colour, font and background, or hidden, under Customize → Layout.
- Covers and art
- Badges and icons
- Names and logos
- Playtime
- Last played
- Launcher
- Achievements
- Now playing
- Title
- Count and total
- Playtime bars
- Buttons
- Arrows
- Edge fade
- Messages
Common questions
- Is the EdgeOS GameShelf widget free?
- No, GameShelf is a Premium widget. EdgeOS itself is free; Premium is an optional one-time upgrade of $19.99, with no subscription, that adds GameShelf and the other Premium widgets.
- Do I need a XENEON EDGE to use the GameShelf widget?
- No. EdgeOS runs on any monitor on Windows 10 or 11, and on the CORSAIR XENEON EDGE in Desktop Mode or, inside iCUE, in Widget Mode.
- What can I change on the GameShelf widget?
- 53 options, such as design, edited design, covers and cover size. They're grouped as style, library, show, words, behaviour and colours. Every widget also takes your own font, text size and look.
- Can I move or hide parts of the GameShelf widget?
- Yes. Its parts (covers and art, badges and icons, names and logos, playtime, last played, launcher, achievements, now playing, title, count and total, playtime bars, buttons, arrows, edge fade and messages) can each be resized, restyled or hidden under Customize → Layout.