Creating a Port Forward in Your Router for SpaceChem

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December 04, 2018 (Last Updated: ) | Reading Time: 2 minutes

SpaceChem is Zachtronics's Puzzle and Simulation game with a release date in 2011.

SpaceChem has the following genres of gameplay.

Port Forward SpaceChem

When you are playing SpaceChem 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 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

To easily and quickly get your ports forwarded use the Network Utilities software. Network Utilities allows you to forward ports only when you need them, and then close them again when you are done. This makes keeping your network more secure much easier. You can also do it by hand.

The general process for forwarding a port is:

Which Ports Does SpaceChem Require

The necessary ports for SpaceChem are as follows:

SpaceChem - PC

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

SpaceChem - Steam

  • TCP: 27015-27030, 27036-27037
  • UDP: 4380, 27000-27031, 27036

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and SpaceChem simply follow one of these links:

When you are done following those steps your ports will be open. Do you need more games or programs forwarded? Check out our games and programs list.

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