What is a .RGSS3A file?
RGSS3A is the asset archive used by RPG Maker VX Ace - the third-generation RGSS archive packing a game’s graphics, audio and Ruby scripts.
- Did you know
- RGSS stands for Ruby Game Scripting System, the Ruby-based engine that has powered RPG Maker since the XP era.
- RGSS is the Ruby Game Scripting System that powers RPG Maker XP, VX and VX Ace, and the archive packs a finished game's assets and Ruby scripts.
- The archive uses only light obfuscation, so community tools can unpack an .rgss3a to inspect or translate a game's contents.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more game and emulator files: Unity asset bundles, Unreal cooked assets, CISO/CHD disc images, FMOD/Wwise sound banks, Spine skeletons and atlases, GameMaker/LDtk/TIC-80 projects, Minecraft Anvil regions, Warcraft III maps, Ren Py and RPG Maker data, extra console ROMs (Atari, PC Engine, Master System/Game Gear, WonderSwan, 3DS homebrew), xdelta/Basis patches and emulator saves and movies.
- Depth of analysis
- .RGSS3A is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .RGSS3A file
- Drag a .RGSS3A file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.