Forward Ports on Your Router for A Short Hike

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August 05, 2019 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

A Short Hike is an Adventure and Open-World game published by adamgryu, Whippoorwill released in 2019.

A Short Hike game cover art with landscape of game in the background.
A Short Hike game cover art with landscape of game in the background.

Which Ports Does A Short Hike Require

The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for A Short Hike are as follows:

A Short Hike - Steam

  • TCP: 27015, 27036
  • UDP: 27015, 27031-27036

A Short Hike - PC

  • We do not know the PC ports for A Short Hike yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

A Short Hike - Switch

  • TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
  • UDP: 1-65535

A Short Hike - Playstation 4

  • TCP: 3478-3480
  • UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

A Short Hike - Xbox One

  • TCP: 3074
  • UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500

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A Short Hike has the following styles of gameplay.

Forward Ports for A Short Hike

When you are playing A Short Hike you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and sometimes even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.

Before You Forward a Port

Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:

How to locate your Router's IP Address

The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.

How To Forward Ports

A smart way to forward your ports is to use Network Utilities. Since Network Utilities allows you to both forward and un-forward ports easily you can keep your network security maximized, and then forward ports only when you need them. Alternatively you can do it by hand.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

That's all it takes to forward your ports. Have more games that need a boost? Check out our growing list of games and applications.

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