Extract text from archive files (ARCHIVE)
To convert ARCHIVE archives to another format, you need WolvenKit or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Data Archive" file type, you need software like WolvenKit or a similar tool.
The .archive file extension is heavily fragmented and used by entirely different software ecosystems. Its primary use is as a massive game data container for Cyberpunk 2077. Alternatively, it functions as an Apple developer file containing serialized object data generated by NSKeyedArchiver. In rarer cases, it acts as a generic application archive (often a renamed ZIP) or a MongoDB database backup dump.
For Cyberpunk 2077, these files store meshes, textures, and game scripts. The major disadvantage is that this format is proprietary to the REDengine 4. Standard tools like 7-Zip cannot open them. PC gamers and modders must use specialized community software like WolvenKit to unpack the contents into editable formats like PNG or DDS.
For Apple ecosystems, an .archive file is essentially a binary property list (bplist) storing application state. These files are rigid and unreadable in standard text editors, requiring Xcode or custom Swift scripts to parse them back into human-readable XML or JSON formats.
Standard online converters routinely fail to process .archive files because they lack a single universal specification. The files are highly specialized containers, meaning only the original software or dedicated modding frameworks can properly read or export the data. We inspect the file's hex signature to determine if it is a game mod, an Apple binary plist, or a standard ZIP archive. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion to common formats may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ARCHIVE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BRUSHSET, BRUSH, PLIST, ZIP, FBMOD, PNG, RAR, ABR, PROCREATE, 7Z, DB and JPG files.
If you want to convert ARCHIVE file to , you can use WolvenKit or similar software from the "Game Asset Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to ARCHIVE, try WolvenKit or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Container" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ARCHIVE converter.