Extract text from Game save files (PLAYER)
To convert PLAYER Game saves to another format, you need 2D Fighter Maker or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Save File" file type, you need software like 2D Fighter Maker or a similar tool.
A .PLAYER file is a data container used by various video game engines to store character states, player progress, inventories, and statistics. Games like Starbound, Terraria, Metro Exodus, and M.U.G.E.N heavily utilize this extension. Depending on the specific game developer, the file holds entirely different data structures, ranging from plain text to encrypted binaries.
This fragmentation is the primary disadvantage of the .PLAYER format. There is no universal standard. A .PLAYER file generated by Metro 2033 is completely incompatible with one created by Terraria. Many of these files are compiled in proprietary binary formats to prevent cheating, making them unreadable in standard text editors. Users typically want to convert or edit these files to modify game stats, restore corrupted saves, or migrate characters between different game versions or platforms.
The best target formats for conversion are readable data structures like JSON, XML, or TXT. Converting a binary .PLAYER file to JSON allows you to read and modify the raw statistics before converting it back. However, improper conversion will break the file signature, resulting in a corrupted game save and lost progress.
Because this is a closed, proprietary format heavily dependent on the specific game engine, standard online converters fail to process it. Often, only the original game software or community-built save editors 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 PLAYER file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted MP4, MOV, UNKNOWN, PPTX, AUP3, JPG, DAT, ZIP, HIT, KOM, FOO and MP3 files.
If you want to convert PLAYER file to MP3, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP or SAV, you can use 2D Fighter Maker or similar software from the "Game Character Save Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to PLAYER, try 2D Fighter Maker or another comparable tool in the "Game Character Save Data" 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 PLAYER converter.