RVDATA Converter

Extract text from RPG Maker VX data files (RVDATA)


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

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

Convert RVDATA to another file type

To convert RVDATA data files to another format, you need RPG Maker VX or other Game software.

Convert a file to RVDATA

To convert other file formats to the "Serialized Game Database" file type, you need software like RPG Maker VX or a similar tool.


About RVDATA files

The .rvdata file extension is a proprietary game data format used exclusively by RPG Maker VX, a popular engine for creating 2D role-playing games. These files act as the database for a game project, storing essential assets such as Actors.rvdata (characters), Items.rvdata (inventory), MapInfos.rvdata (level layouts), and System.rvdata (configuration). Unlike modern game engines that store data in human-readable XML or JSON, .rvdata files utilize Ruby's binary Marshal serialization format. This can create major obstacles for developers and modders: the files cannot be opened in standard text editors like Notepad++, they generate merge conflicts in version control systems like Git, and they are version-locked to the specific Ruby implementation used by the RGSS2 engine. To modify game stats, translate text, or migrate data to newer engines (like RPG Maker MV or MZ), users must convert these binary files into structured text formats. The most practical workflow involves converting .rvdata to JSON or YAML for editing, and then re-serializing them back to .rvdata for the game to read.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert RVDATA file to , you can use RPG Maker VX or similar software from the "RPG Maker Game Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to RVDATA, try RPG Maker VX or another comparable tool in the "RPG Maker Game Data" category.



The RVDATA 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 RVDATA converter.