Ascaron image format
File type: Game file
Files with aim file extension are associated with Darkstar One space simulator computer game.
Found 3 different file type records with the same aim filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: September 21, 2017
The aim file extension is used for a special 2D image format developed by Ascaron game studio and used in their Darkstar One space simulator computer game which was released in 2006.
The aim files are used for internal purposes of Ascaron programs.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving aim files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 2, 2026
AOL Instant Messenger, commonly known as AIM, was an instant-messaging application developed by AOL. Its .aim files were associated with launching the Windows client and may have been used to open an instant-message conversation.
An .aim file is therefore a launch or data file for AIM rather than a document intended for independent use.
AIM has been discontinued, so the format is no longer in normal use and is unlikely to work on current systems.
An .aim file could be opened by double-clicking it on Microsoft Windows when AOL Instant Messenger was installed and associated with the extension. AIM would use the file to launch the client and possibly start the relevant conversation.
Because AIM has been discontinued, current Windows installations generally do not have a supported program that can open this file as intended.
An .aim file has no practical conversion target. It is a launch file for a discontinued messaging client, not a document or media file that can be exported to another format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving aim files:
Microsoft Windows
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: August 28, 2018
The aim file extension is associated with the high-resolution computed tomography picture image file format for microCT developed by SCANCO Medical AG.
The aim files are viewable in the Bio-Formats software.
Use compatible tools to work with *.aim files.
Probably can be exported to other formats.
Programs for viewing aim files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that import aim files:
Multiplatform
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