2 file types use the .wrpl file extension.

What is a WRPL file?

Saved game created by Widelands, an open source strategy game; contains all player moves since the initial starting condition, which is stored in a separate .WGF file (also seen with the .WRPL.WGF extension); used to save and load in-game progress.

Category: Game Files

War Thunder Replay

A WRPL file may also be a game replay file created by War Thunder, a vehicular military combat game. It contains information that War Thunder uses to reconstruct and show a replay of a match a player played. WRPL files can be played only in War Thunder.

Gaijin Entertainment War Thunder is a free-to-play, primarily multiplayer game in which players pilot various military vehicles and attempt to defeat each other in battle. It is available for many platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.

After a War Thunder match ends, players can save a replay of that match. If they do, War Thunder stores information about that match in a WRPL file.

WRPL files are not video files; they do not contain video that you can (for example) play in a media player. Instead, they contain information that War Thunder uses to reconstruct the match and display the replay. Therefore, if you want to save a War Thunder replay as an .MP4 file, you must play the replay in War Thunder and record it with a screen recorder.

By default, the PC versions of War Thunder save WRPL files in the following directory:

~/​War Thunder/​Replays

You can open a WRPL file in Gaijin Entertainment War Thunder, from the game's Replays menu. To do so, place your WRPL file in the ~/​War Thunder/​Replays directory. Then, use the Replays menu to play the replay your WRPL file describes.

If you cannot open a WRPL file in War Thunder, it's likely because the WRPL file was produced by a different version of the game. Each version of War Thunder can play only replays created by that specific version, and not earlier or later versions.

Programs that open WRPL files

Updated: May 25, 2023