FILES Converter

Extract text from Game manifests (FILES)


Drop or upload your .FILES file
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How to extract text from your FILES file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FILES file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FILES to another file type

To convert FILES manifests to another format, you need QuickBMS or other Game software.

Convert a file to FILES

To convert other file formats to the "Game Asset Manifest File" file type, you need software like QuickBMS or a similar tool.


About FILES files

A .files file is a proprietary game asset manifest or archive container used by Torus Games in various legacy video game titles. It stores structural data, file paths, and sometimes the packed assets like 3D models, textures, and sounds required by the game engine during runtime. The primary disadvantage of the .files format is its highly proprietary nature. Because it was compiled specifically for Torus Games internal engines, standard archive utilities like 7-Zip cannot open or extract these files by default. Modders and data miners often struggle with undocumented binary structures, meaning the files are locked inside closed ecosystems with no official modern software support. To view or modify the contents, you need to extract or convert the manifest. For structural analysis, convert to TXT or CSV to read the file paths. If the file acts as an archive container, converting it to ZIP allows you to access the raw internal files, though individual textures may still require further conversion to PNG. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FILES file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert FILES file to , you can use QuickBMS or similar software from the "Game Asset Manifest" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to FILES, try QuickBMS or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Manifest" category.



The FILES Converter Story

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 FILES converter.