An SCN file contains a scene created by Godot Engine, a free and open source game engine used to create 2D and 3D games. It stores binary data about a single scene tree inside Godot Engine, which includes paths to any external resources, and information about internal resources, connections, and nodes.

To open a scene in a SCN file in Godot Engine, select Scene → Open Scene... or Open Recent. To create a scene and save it as a SCN file in Godot Engine, select Scene → New Scene or New Inherited Scene.... Then, select Scene → Save Scene or Save Scene As....

Game file used by OpenTTD, the open source follow-on project to Transport Tycoon; saves a game scenario, which defines the starting conditions for a map played by the user; may include the landscape, buildings, cities, train tracks, and other features.

NOTE: SCN files are also used by the original Transport Tycoon.

Data file used by Orbiter, a free space browsing and simulation program; used for creating automated space simulations; includes information about the space scraft, the space travel route, camera angles, and the space environment; saved in a plain text format.

Contains information about multiple scenes within a single video file; used by Pinnacle Studio to describe scenes and to specify when they begin and end; typically saved along with an .AVI file with the same filename.

SCN files can also be opened by Paul Glagla's DVdate and ImageGrab programs.

Contains a starting scenario for a SimCity project; includes various types of buildings, roads, bridges, and terrain information; used by SimCity 2000, also known as SC2K.

An SCN file is a data file created by TD Scan, a software suite used to view, analyze, and create reports of ultrasonic data. It contains a scan of ultrasonic data from industrial components such as pipeline welds, forgings and castings, and pressure vessels welds.

TD Scan is used for monitoring and analyzing the performance industrial facilities such as nuclear power plants. It offers real-time data collection, video tracking, and Time-of-Flight-Diffraction (ToFD), Pulse Echo, and corrosion mapping capabilities. The program stores scans in the SCN file, which is used for complete scans or for split scans that can be joined together when the data size becomes too large. NOTE: To open an SCN file in TD Scan, select File → Open Scan File.

Image file created by TreePaint Plus, a program used to create print designs for photoengraving, silk-screen processes, and other types of print mediums; supports 256 color, 65,536 color, or 24-bit true color formats; may contain colorway and silk-screen separation information; used for textile and fashion solutions.