How to Port Forward in Your Router for The Jackbox Party Pack 8

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October 14, 2021 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 3 minutes

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is a Party/Minigame game published by Jackbox Games released in 2021.

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 game art showing cakes decorated in the theme of each mini-game.
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 game art showing cakes decorated in the theme of each mini-game.

Ports To Forward for The Jackbox Party Pack 8

The required incoming ports for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 are as follows:

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Steam

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - PC

  • We do not know the PC ports for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Playstation 4

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Playstation 5

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Switch

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Xbox One

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

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 - Xbox Series X

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

We have guides that are custom tailored for The Jackbox Party Pack 8 that will show you the specific ports.

The Jackbox Party Pack 8 is a party game. This means that it is composed of multiple, smaller games that are easy to pick up and learn during a party. The game play is not that deep and the controls are intuitive and easy to understand, even for non-gamers. Don't expect much story line from The Jackbox Party Pack 8, but instead look forward to fast paced play with a focus on fun.

Forward Ports for The Jackbox Party Pack 8

When you are playing The Jackbox Party Pack 8 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 intermittently 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 find your router's IP Address

The easiest way to find 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

Don't have time? Use our Network Utilities software. It's the easiest way to both open and close ports in your router. Of you can do it manually if you want.

The normal process for forwarding a port is:

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