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Shimeji: Screen Buddies

Customizable screen pets that play, climb, and keep you company.

Digital Cosmos

Personalization

Shimeji: Screen Buddies is developed and provided by Digital Cosmos. LDPlayer offers the download service only.

Version9.9

Updated on 2025-09-28

Rating4.0

CategoryPersonalization

Package namecom.digitalcosmos.shimeji

Downloads500+

Shimeji: Screen Buddies Description

Shimeji: Screen Buddies are cute animated characters that live on your screen and keep you company while you use your phone. With over 35M downloads worldwide, they’re back with a big update overhaul: new animation engine, character levels, and a Mushroom currency that lets you unlock everything just by playing.

✨ Cute screen buddies, always on top
• Watch mascots walk, climb, sit, fall and play on top of your apps
• Run up to 10 characters at once for a screen full of fun
• Perfect for killing time while you wait for games to load or ads to finish
• Tap, drag and toss your Shimeji and see how they react

🎮 Idle-style leveling: play and they grow
• Your Shimeji earn XP while they wander around the screen
• Level up your favorite characters to unlock new animations and tricks
• Interact with them for bonus XP and faster progress
• Different levels can reveal new moves, poses and surprises

🍄 Play to unlock 100% of features
• Earn Mushrooms automatically while the screen is on
• Use Mushrooms to unlock characters, animations and upgrades
• Daily gifts and rewards for coming back and playing more
• Payments are 100% optional: they only speed up progress, everything can be earned by playing

🎨 Full editor: create your own mascots
• Import your art and turn it into a live screen buddy
• Recolor, redraw and fix sprites with the built-in editor
• All tools are fully unlocked - no editor paywall
• Duplicate existing mascots and customize them to make them unique

⚙️ Smooth, smart and distraction-free
• New animation engine for smoother motion and better timing
• Optimized to be battery-friendly on modern devices
• Ghost Mode: let mascots stay visible but ignore your touches while you game or chat
• Simple controls for size, speed and behavior with live preview

📦 Original, IP-safe content
We rebuilt the library with original characters created by our in-house artists. We removed most fan-made IP content to respect creators and copyright and keep Shimeji safe for everyone.

Disclaimer
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is unrelated to the Simeji keyboard app.
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is an independent app and is not affiliated with any anime, game or movie IP holders. Our brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, and curated database are original works protected by copyright and trademark law. Copying our code or assets to replicate these interactions is not permitted.

🆕 What’s new
• New animation engine for smoother, more detailed moves
• Character XP and levels with unlockable animations
• Mushroom currency you can earn by playing to unlock all premium features
• Up to 10 mascots on screen at once
• Fully unlocked editor and many performance improvements

Turn your phone into a tiny playground with Shimeji: Screen Buddies and let your new screen pets grow while you play.

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Comments about Shimeji: Screen Buddies Android Version

It's decent. The outer bounds of my phone's screen (Galaxy Z Fold5) aren't detected properly in phone or tablet mode so when some Shimeji are climbing up the sides it doesn't sit them at the correct spot (so half their body might be visibly cut off for example). Dunno if this is an issue on all phones or just mine. Also I wish they could hop onto and climb apps and widgets on my home screen.

I LOVE this app, but as A LOT of people have been saying, there isn't an option to make you own characters. I've been looking for an app that's both good and you can make you own characters on, but I can't find one and this is the best I've seen. Overall, amazing app for people like me who just like seeing cute characters run around on your screen. Another suggestion, the should be able and interact with each other as others have said.

This personalization is so cute!! I'm so happy I found out about this app! The little characters are cute and they're interactable! The upgrades weren't even a bad deal either. Now my screen has 6 little cuties playing on my screen! I love it! Just a suggestion but maybe if you added animations where the characters interact with each other like helping each other up after falling or characters chasing each other? Oh, and please add more characters! More characters would be awesome!!

Is Shimeji: Screen Buddies safe for my device?

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Yes, Shimeji: Screen Buddies follows the Google Play content guidelines to ensure safe use on your Android device.

What is an XAPK file, and what should I do if the Shimeji: Screen Buddies I downloaded is an XAPK file?

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A file with .xapk extension is a compressed package file. It is a container file format that incorporates APK and additional associated files required for the installation. The XAPK format was introduced to package the APK file and OBB file together for a seamless delivery and installation process. XAPK format can help reduce the package size of application. On mobile phones, users need to install the XAPK installer first, and then install XAPK files through that installer. You can find the installer here:https://apkcombo.com/how-to-install/. But on PC client, you just need to put the file on LDPlayer.

Can I play Shimeji: Screen Buddies on my computer?

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Yes, you can play Shimeji: Screen Buddies on your computer by installing LDPlayer, an Android emulator. After installing LDPlayer, simply drag and drop the downloaded APK file into the emulator to start playing Shimeji: Screen Buddies on PC. Alternatively, you can open the emulator, search for the game or app you want to play, and install it from there.

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