WBM file extension. How to open and convert files with WBM file suffix

Files with wbm file extension could be found in older games produced by Bioware, such as Baldur's Gate or Icewind series as one of the data files from the game engine. They can also be found in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, but the format used in that game is not related to the original format used Infinity Engine.

There are 4 other file types using
the WBM file extension!

.wbm - Wireless Bitmap image

.wbm - Likno Web Button Maker file

.wbm - Webmin module

.wbm - WinBatch data

WBM file extension - Infinity Engine game data

What is wbm file? How to open wbm files?

File type specification:

Game file type

The wbm file extension is also related to one of the default formats of the Infinity Engine, a video gaming engine developed by BioWare for various computer games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale etc.

The wbm file stores some kind of game data.

Note: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition also features .wbm files, but these are for for video sequences. These appear to be in completely different format, probably based on the WEBM format, which Ogg vorbis audio codec used. In old Bioware games, the videos were saved in the MVE format.

The default software associated to open wbm file:

Baldur's Gate

Company or developer:
BioWare

Baldur's Gate is a famous computer role-playing game created by BioWare and released in 1998.

Help how to open:

These *.wbm files are not meant for direct viewing, but are used in-game. The *.wbm files used in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition can be simply renamed to webm, and any Matroska player can play them.

How to convert:

It is most likely possible to convert the videos used in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition to other multimedia format, with any software that supports Matroska.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .wbm file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open wbm file, edit wbm file, convert wbm file, view wbm file, play wbm file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with wbm file - Infinity Engine game data

Click on the software link for more information about Baldur's Gate. Baldur's Gate uses wbm file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with wbm file by default:
Baldur's Gate
Other suggested software:
Baldur's Gate II
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale

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