diff --git a/targets/platform/IPlatformFileIO.h b/targets/platform/IPlatformFileIO.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..531ed7a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/targets/platform/IPlatformFileIO.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <vector>
+
+// Platform-agnostic file I/O interface.
+class IPlatformFileIO {
+public:
+    enum class ReadStatus {
+        Ok,
+        NotFound,
+        TooLarge,
+        ReadError,
+    };
+
+    struct ReadResult {
+        ReadStatus status;
+        std::size_t bytesRead;
+        std::size_t fileSize;
+    };
+
+    virtual ~IPlatformFileIO() = default;
+
+    // Read an entire file into a caller-provided buffer.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual ReadResult readFile(
+        const std::filesystem::path& path, void* buffer,
+        std::size_t capacity) = 0;
+
+    // Read a segment of a file.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual ReadResult readFileSegment(
+        const std::filesystem::path& path, std::size_t offset, void* buffer,
+        std::size_t bytesToRead) = 0;
+
+    // Read an entire file into a vector.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual std::vector<std::uint8_t> readFileToVec(
+        const std::filesystem::path& path) = 0;
+
+    // Write a buffer to a file, creating or overwriting.
+    virtual bool writeFile(const std::filesystem::path& path,
+                           const void* buffer, std::size_t bytesToWrite) = 0;
+
+    // Check if a path exists.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual bool exists(const std::filesystem::path& path) = 0;
+
+    // Get file size without reading.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual std::size_t fileSize(
+        const std::filesystem::path& path) = 0;
+
+    // Base path for game assets.
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual std::filesystem::path getBasePath() = 0;
+
+    // Path for user data (saves, config).
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual std::filesystem::path getUserDataPath() = 0;
+};
diff --git a/targets/platform/Platform.h b/targets/platform/Platform.h
index af16b57ee..911ac4849 100644
--- a/targets/platform/Platform.h
+++ b/targets/platform/Platform.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "IPlatformFileIO.h"
 #include "IPlatformInput.h"
 #include "IPlatformLeaderboard.h"
 #include "IPlatformNetwork.h"