Source 2 Viewer vs Unity

Source 2 Viewer

7.5 #1 in Game asset extractors

About Source 2 Viewer

Unity

6.1 #18 in Game asset extractors

About Unity
Source 2 ViewerUnity
Free planYesNo
Free trialNoNo
Paid fromFree—
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Web, Windows—
Free planYesYes
Asset typesmaps, models, materials, textures, sounds, particles, physics, animations, shaders, navigation meshes, closed captions, KeyValues—
Game file formatsVPK, vmap, vwrld, vmdl, vmat, vtex, vpcf, vphys, vsnd, vwnod, vvis, vpk, vcs, SPIR-V, nav, bin, DMX, KeyValues—
Model formatsglTF 2.0, GLB, vmdl, DMX—
Texture formatsPNG, JPG, EXR, SVG—
Batch extractionYes—
Command-line supportYes—
Archive repackingYes—

Both are listed in Best Game Asset Extractors. On VGSources, Source 2 Viewer scores higher on our published basis.