Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SFB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SFB to another file type
To convert SFB 3D models to another format, you need PS3 Splitter or other Game software.
Convert a file to SFB
To convert other file formats to the "Game Backup Data" file type, you need software like PS3 Splitter or a similar tool.
About SFB files
The .SFB file extension primarily belongs to two completely different formats: PlayStation 3 disc information files and Google Sceneform Binary 3D models. In the PS3 gaming scene, it acts as a metadata file for split game backups created by tools like PS3 Splitter. In the augmented reality development space, it is a compiled 3D asset used by the Google ARCore framework. Both formats pose significant challenges for end users. The PS3 .SFB file is purely informational; it does not contain actual game data, making it useless on its own without the accompanying split game files. It is also tied strictly to legacy console hacking tools for the PlayStation 3. The Sceneform Binary format is highly optimized for Android AR apps but is a closed, proprietary, and deprecated binary format. Google has stopped updating Sceneform, and these files cannot be directly imported into standard 3D software like Blender or Unity without decompilation or source asset access. Standard online converters fail to process .SFB files because they lack the specific decoders for either PS3 metadata or Sceneform binaries. If you have an ARCore .SFB, the goal is usually to retrieve the original GLTF, OBJ, or FBX files, but direct conversion is rarely straightforward. Because .SFB is often a difficult, proprietary format, only original SDK tools can reliably extract its data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SFB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SFB file to ISO, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use PS3 Splitter or similar software from the "Game Backup or 3D Model" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to SFB, try PS3 Splitter or another comparable tool in the "Game Backup or 3D Model" category.
The SFB 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 SFB converter.