List of File Formats - Video Game Data

Video Game Data

List of common file formats of data for video games on systems that support filesystems, most commonly PC games.

• TrackMania United/Nations Forever Engine – File formats used by games based on the TrackMania engine.
  • CHALLENGE.GBX – (Edited) Challenge files.
  • CONSTRUCTIONCAMPAIGN.GBX – Construction campaignes files.
  • CONTROLEFFECTMASTER.GBX/CONTROLSTYLE.GBX – Menu parts.
  • FIDCACHE.GBX – Saved game.
  • GBX – Other TrackMania items.
  • REPLAY.GBX – Replays of races.
• DOOM Engine – File formats used by games based on the DOOM engine.
  • DEH – DeHackEd files to mutate the game executable (not officially part of the DOOM engine)
  • DSG – Saved game
  • LMP – A lump is an entry in a DOOM wad.
  • LMP – Saved demo recording
  • MUS – Music file (usually contained within a WAD file)
  • WAD – Data storage (contains music, maps, and textures)
• Quake Engine – File formats used by games based on the Quake engine.
  • BSP – (For Binary space partitioning) compiled map format
  • MAP – Raw map format used by editors like GtkRadiant or QuArK
  • MDL/MD2/MD3/MD5 – Model for an item used in the game
  • PAK/PK2 – Data storage
  • PK3/PK4 – used by the Quake II, Quake III Arena and Quake 4 game engines, respectively, to store game data, textures etc. They are actually .zip files.
  • .dat – not specific file type, often generic extension for "data" files for a variety of applications
    • sometimes used for general data contained within the .PK3/PK4 files
    • .fontdat – a .dat file used for formatting game fonts
  • .roq – Video format
• Unreal Engine – File formats used by games based on the Unreal engine.
  • U – Unreal script format
  • UAX – Animations format for Unreal Engine 2
  • UMX – Map format for Unreal Tournament
  • UMX – Music format for Unreal Engine 1
  • UNR – Map format for Unreal
  • UPK – Package format for cooked content in Unreal Engine 3
  • USX – Sound format for Unreal Engine 1 and Unreal Engine 2
  • UT2 – Map format for Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004
  • UT3 – Map format for Unreal Tournament 3
  • UTX – Texture format for Unreal Engine 1 and Unreal Engine 2
  • UXX – Cache format. These are files that client downloaded from server (which can be converted to regular formats)
• Duke Nukem 3D Engine – File formats used by games based on the Duke Nukem 3D engine.
  • DMO – Save game
  • GRP – Data storage
  • MAP – Map (usually constructed with BUILD.EXE)
• Diablo Engine – File formats used by Diablo by Blizzard Entertainment.
  • SV – Save Game
  • ITM – Item File
• Real Virtuality Engine – File formats used by Bohemia Interactive. Operation:Flashpoint, ARMA 2, VBS2
  • SQF – Format used for general editing
  • SQM – Format used for mission files
  • PBO – Binarized file used for compiled models
  • LIP – Format that is created from WAV files to create in-game accurate lip-synch for character animations.
• Other Formats
  • B – used for Grand Theft Auto saved game files
  • BOL – used for levels on Poing!PC
  • DBPF – The Sims 2, DBPF, Package
  • HE0, HE2, HE4 HE games File
  • GCF – format used by the Steam content management system for file archives.
  • IMG – format used by Renderware-based Grand Theft Auto games for data storage
  • MAP – format used by Halo: Combat Evolved for archive compression, Doom³, and various other games
  • OEC – format used by OE-Cake for scene data storage.
  • P3D – format for panda3d by Disney.
  • POD – format used by Terminal Reality
  • REP – used by Blizzard Entertainment for scenario replays in StarCraft.
  • Simcity 4, DBPF (.dat, .SC4Lot, .SC4Model) – All game plugins use this format, commonly with different file extensions
  • SMZIP – ZIP-based package for Stepmania songs, themes and announcer packs.