Source 2 Viewer

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Free plan#1 in Game asset extractors

At a glance

Source 2 Viewer is ranked #1 of 24 in game asset extractors on VGSources. It runs on Linux, macOS, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

Source 2 Viewer plans and pricing

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Source 2 Viewer Free Free and open source; not affiliated with Valve s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on game asset extractors

Free plan: Yess2v.app
Asset types: maps, models, materials, textures, sounds, particles, physics, animations, shaders, navigation meshes, closed captions, KeyValuess2v.app
Game file formats: VPK, vmap, vwrld, vmdl, vmat, vtex, vpcf, vphys, vsnd, vwnod, vvis, vpk, vcs, SPIR-V, nav, bin, DMX, KeyValuess2v.app
Model formats: glTF 2.0, GLB, vmdl, DMXs2v.app
Texture formats: PNG, JPG, EXR, SVGs2v.app
Batch extraction: Yess2v.app
Command-line support: Yess2v.app
Archive repacking: Yess2v.app

Facts

Purpose: Source 2 Viewer browses VPK archives and views, exports, and decompiles Source 2 assets such as maps, models, materials, textures, and sounds.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Open source: The project describes itself as fully open-source and reverse-engineered.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
3D viewer: Its renderer displays maps, models, physics, and particles from CS2, Dota 2, Deadlock, and other Source 2 games, with real-time lighting and animation playback.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
VPK tools: The VPK viewer can search, extract, and create archives, and supports all VPK versions including Source 1.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Export and decompilation: It exports maps, models, physics, and animations to glTF 2.0 and decompiles maps, models, and materials into editable formats for Source 2 Workshop Tools.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Other asset features: The software includes texture, audio, and shader inspection tools, plus support for Source 2 resource files and KeyValues formats.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Related integrations: The site says glTF exports are compatible with Blender, Unity, and Unreal Engine, and the app can detect installed Source 2 games on Steam.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Desktop platforms: The GUI is Windows-only; the maker’s getting-started guide says it can run on Linux and macOS using Wine.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
CLI platforms: The command-line utility is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Portability: The getting-started guide says the GUI is portable and requires no installation.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Limitations: The maker documents that some data may be lost during export and that certain compiled-file data cannot be recovered if Valve’s compiler discarded it.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Support: The maker directs users to report issues and notes that reports with a file path and error message usually get looked at quickly.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Project status: The project says it is built by volunteers and is not affiliated with Valve Corporation.s2v.app · 29 Sept 2026
Purpose: Source 2 Viewer browses VPK archives and views, exports, and decompiles Source 2 assets such as maps, models, materials, textures, and sounds.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Open source: The project describes itself as fully open source and reverse engineered.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
3D viewer: Its renderer displays maps, models, physics, and particles with reverse engineered PBR shaders and real time lighting.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
VPK tools: It can search, extract, recover deleted files from, and create VPK archives, and supports all VPK versions including Source 1.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Export: It exports maps, models, physics, and animations to glTF 2.0, with material conversion and batch export.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Decompiler: It decompiles maps, models, and materials into editable formats for Hammer, ModelDoc, and Source 2 Workshop Tools.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Texture support: The texture viewer supports channel, depth layer, mip level, cubemap, and HDR viewing, and can export textures to PNG, TGA, or other image formats.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Audio support: The built in audio player supports WAV, MP3, and Source 2 audio formats, with waveform visualization and playback controls.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Integrations: The site describes glTF exports as compatible with Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, and other tools.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Developer interfaces: ValveResourceFormat is a .NET library for programmatically opening and extracting Source 2 resource files, with API documentation linked from the product site.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Command line: A cross platform console application can export and decompile Source 2 resources similarly to the main application.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Platform requirement: The site lists OpenGL 4.6 and Windows 11 beside its development build download.s2v.app · 30 Sept 2026
Format limits: The project says it is based on reverse engineering and that not all formats are fully supported.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Security: The repository says free code signing is provided by SignPath.io, with a certificate from SignPath Foundation.github.com · 30 Sept 2026
Support and audience: The project invites contributors to join its Discord and identifies Source 2 resource exploration and export as its use case.github.com · 30 Sept 2026