Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WORLD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WORLD to another file type
To convert WORLD Worlds to another format, you need VRChat or other Game software.
Convert a file to WORLD
To convert other file formats to the "Game World File" file type, you need software like VRChat or a similar tool.
About WORLD files
The .world file extension represents 3D environments, robotic simulations, and saved game states across multiple incompatible platforms, including VRChat, The Sims 3, Terraria, and Gazebo Simulator. Because this extension is shared by vastly different software, a .world file might be a JSON document for VRChat, a GZIP compressed archive for Terraria, or an XML environment description for Gazebo. The main disadvantage of .world files is their extreme lack of standardization and total vendor lock-in. You cannot open a Terraria game map in VRChat. These files often exceed hundreds of megabytes, remain proprietary to their specific game engine, and lock your 3D scene inside a walled garden. Modders and developers frequently need to convert these files to edit raw data. For robotics simulation, convert .world to XML or SDF to safely edit environment variables. For Terraria saves, converting the GZIP archive to JSON or raw data allows for inventory editing. For VRChat scenes, converting to standard JSON helps with debugging.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WORLD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WORLD file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use VRChat or similar software from the "3D Environment Game Save" 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 WORLD, try VRChat or another comparable tool in the "3D Environment Game Save" category.
The WORLD 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 WORLD converter.