GM2 Converter

Convert game saves and models (GM2) online for free


Drop or upload your .GM2 file

How to convert your GM2 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GM2 file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert GM2 to another file type

The converter easily converts your GM2 game saves to various formats - free and online. No Heroes of Might and Magic or or other Game software needed.

  • GM2 to XBM
  • GM2 to PS1
  • GM2 to FTS
  • GM2 to BM
  • GM2 to IRIS
  • GM2 to NGG
  • GM2 to DDS
  • GM2 to SYS
  • GM2 to RAD
  • GM2 to BLK
  • GM2 to JPG
  • GM2 to DPX

Convert a file to GM2

To convert other file formats to the "Game Save or Model" file type, you need software like Heroes of Might and Magic or a similar tool.


About GM2 files

The .gm2 file most commonly acts as a GZIP-compressed game save for the classic turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic II. In other software environments, it serves as a proprietary 3D model format utilized by developers like Cypron Studios and games such as Perfect World's Audition Online. Additionally, industrial engineering software uses .gm2 for completely different purposes: it can be a Gerber PCB mechanical layer generated by Altium Designer, or measurement data inside Metrologic Group's metrology software.

The primary disadvantage of the .gm2 format is its extreme fragmentation. Because multiple, entirely unrelated programs use the exact same file extension, your operating system will rarely know how to open it. The 3D model variants are proprietary, locked to specific game engines, and typically require outdated versions of 3ds Max to view. They are not natively supported by modern web browsers, standard 3D software, or standard OS viewers.

To make these files usable, you must convert them based on their internal data. For game saves, you need to extract the underlying GZIP archive to access the raw data files. For 3D models, converting to OBJ or FBX is strictly required to edit them in modern 3D software like Blender. If your file is a Gerber mechanical layer, convert it to a standard GBR or PDF for manufacturing review. Drag and drop your file here to analyze its exact structure and convert it securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your GM2 file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert GM2 file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Heroes of Might and Magic or similar software from the "Game Save & 3D Model" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to GM2, try Heroes of Might and Magic or another comparable tool in the "Game Save & 3D Model" category.



The GM2 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 GM2 converter.