How to get the size of PyGame Window? (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

In this article, we will learn How to get the size of a PyGame Window.

Game programming is very rewarding nowadays and it can also be used in advertising and as a teaching tool too. Game development includes mathematics, logic, physics, AI, and much more and it can be amazingly fun. In python, game programming is done in pygame and it is one of the best modules for doing so.

Installation:

This library can be installed using the below command:

pip install pygame

Step-by-step Approach:

  1. Import pygame.
  2. Initialize pygame.
  3. Form a screen by using pygame.display.set_mode() method.
  4. Get size of formed screen by using screen.get_size() method.
  5. Quit pygame.

Below are some examples based on the above approach:

Example 1:

Python3 `

import package pygame

import pygame

initialize pygame

pygame.init()

Form screen

screen = pygame.display.set_mode()

get the default size

x, y = screen.get_size()

quit pygame

pygame.display.quit()

view size (width x height)

print(x, y)

`

Output :

1536 864

Example 2:

Python3 `

import package pygame

import pygame

initialize pygame

pygame.init()

Form screen

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((500, 500))

get the size

x, y = screen.get_size()

quit pygame

pygame.display.quit()

view size (width x height)

print(x, y)

`