Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MRG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MRG to another file type
To convert MRG Archives to another format, you need FMOD Studio or other Game software.
Convert a file to MRG
To convert other file formats to the "Game Resource Archive" file type, you need software like FMOD Studio or a similar tool.
About MRG files
The .MRG file extension predominantly functions as a Merged Game Data Archive. Game engines use this proprietary container to bundle thousands of disparate assets - such as 3D models, sound effects, and textures - into a single massive package to optimize disk read speeds during gameplay. Notable titles utilizing .MRG include Mount & Blade by TaleWorlds and various Resident Evil games. Another prominent use case is the FMOD audio package file created by FMOD Studio. Users typically need to convert or unpack .MRG files to extract raw assets for community modding, fan translations, or reverse engineering. The main disadvantage of the current format is that it is highly proprietary and strictly bound to the specific game engine that created it. Files often exceed gigabytes in size and cannot be natively browsed by standard operating systems. Converting or unpacking these archives allows users to isolate underlying WAV audio, PNG textures, or DDS graphical assets. Because this file format is difficult to open or convert, standard online converters universally fail to process it. The internal architecture of a Rockstar Games .MRG shares zero similarities with a Mount & Blade .MRG. Often, only the original software or custom community scripts can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MRG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MRG file to DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD, FRM or SQL, you can use FMOD Studio or similar software from the "Merged Game Asset Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to MRG, try FMOD Studio or another comparable tool in the "Merged Game Asset Archive" category.
The MRG 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 MRG converter.