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Source 2 Viewer comparisons

Free#2 of 23 in Game Asset Extractors

Source 2 Viewer is compared head-to-head with QuickBMS, Noesis and Game Asset Tool and more: 7 head-to-heads in Game Asset Extractors, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Asset types	Game file formats	Model formats	Batch extraction	Score
2	Source 2 Viewer	Yes	Free	maps, models, materials, textures, sounds, particles, physics, animations, shaders, navigation meshes, closed captions, KeyValues	VPK, vmap, vwrld, vmdl, vmat, vtex, vpcf, vphys, vsnd, vwnod, vvis, vpk, vcs, SPIR-V, nav, bin, DMX, KeyValues	glTF 2.0, GLB, vmdl, DMX	Yes	9.3
1	QuickBMS	Yes	Free					9.4
3	Noesis	Yes	Free					9.1
4	Game Asset Tool	Yes	Free	images, video, audio, meshes, loose media	RPA, PAK, SWF, RAG, data.win, DAT, XP3, RGSSAD, RGSS2A, RGSS3A, PCK, ASAR, JAR, QSP, APK, package.nw, app.nw	OBJ	Yes	9.0
5	VPKEdit	Yes	Free	audio, text files, KeyValues files, images, Source 1 textures, Source 1 models, Source 1 DMX files	007, APK, BEE_PACK, BMZ, BSP, FGP, FPX, GCF, GMA, HOG, OL, ORE, PAK, PCK, PK3, PK4, PKZ, SIN, VPK, VPP, WAD, XZP, ZIP	MDL, DMX	Yes	8.9
6	AssetRipper	Yes		audio, fonts, images, models, text, video, shaders, sprites, terrain, scenes, prefabs	CAB-*, .assets, .sharedAssets, .unity3d, .bundle	GLB, Unity YAML	Yes	8.8
7	SLADE3	Yes	Free	archives, maps, graphics, fonts, textures, audio, models, text	WAD, PK3/ZIP, Quake PAK, WAD2, BSP, Anachronox DAT, Dark Forces GOB/LFD, Build GRP, Blood RFF, Shadowcaster DAT/LIB, CyClones HD/CD, Amulets & Armor RES, Descent HOG, Terminal Velocity/Fury3/Hellbender POD	DMD, MD2, MD3, VOX, KVX	Yes	8.7
8	Rusted PackFile Manager	Yes	Free	Pack archives, database tables, localization files, scripts, animations, models, textures, audio, maps, UI resources, text files, and video	Pack (.pack), DB tables, Loc, ESF, RigidModel, UnitVariant, CS2 collision, AnimPack, Anim, AnimFragmentBattle, AnimsTable, MatchedCombat, BNK sound banks, sound bank databases, sound events, DAT containers, BMD, UIC, portrait settings, Lua, XML, JSON, YAML, HLSL, GLSL, Markdown, VMD, WSModel, and CA VP8 video	RigidModel (.rigid_model_v2), UnitVariant, and CS2 collision	Yes	8.6

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