Extract text from TU files
To convert your TU file to another format, you need The Universim or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Simulation Save Data" file type, you need software like The Universim or a similar tool.
The .TU extension primarily identifies a Game Save File generated by The Universim, a god-simulation strategy game developed by Crytivo. These files store critical progress data, including planetary stats, Nugget population details, and building locations. While the file appears proprietary, it is internally structured as a standard ZIP archive containing XML or JSON data. Users often need to convert or access these files to manually edit game resources (modding), recover corrupt saves, or transfer progress between devices. A practical problem is that standard archivers like WinRAR or 7-Zip do not automatically recognize the .TU extension, requiring users to manually rename the file or force-open it.
Alternatively, a .TU file may be a Turing Source File, a legacy script written in the Turing programming language developed by Holt Software. These files are plain text but are often inaccessible on modern systems due to the obsolescence of the original Holt Software Turing environment. Users convert these to TXT or PAS (Pascal) to view code logic or migrate legacy educational projects to modern languages. Less commonly, this extension is associated with TerraTech saves on specific platforms managed by Tilting Point.
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Convert.Guru analyzes your TU file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert TU file to JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO, RS or SWIFT, you can use The Universim or similar software from the "Game Save File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to TU, try The Universim or another comparable tool in the "Game Save File" 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 TU converter.