Dear Esther is a First-Person, Adventure, and Simulation game published by The Chinese Room, Curve Digital, Secret Mode released in 2012.
Which Ports Does Dear Esther Require
The required incoming ports for Dear Esther are as follows:
Dear Esther - Steam
- TCP: 27015, 27036
- UDP: 27015, 27031-27036
Dear Esther - PC
- We do not know the PC ports for Dear Esther yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.
Dear Esther - Playstation 4
- TCP: 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
Dear Esther - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
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Dear Esther has the following styles of gameplay.
- First person games are played from the perspective of the player. They typically have a gun or other weapon held out in front, but this is not always the case. Many first person games are sometimes called "shooters" because the primary goal of the game is to shoot other players or creatures, but this is not always the case.
- Adventure games are very heavily story driven. You are usually the main character and are the one who discovers the true plot as the game progresses.
- In a simulation game the primary goal is to simulate a real life situation either for education or entertainment. Simulation games have a huge vareity of types including sports, driving, flying, and dating. Some of the most popular sims of all time are SimCity and Madden NFL.
Port Forward Dear Esther
When you are playing Dear Esther 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:
- The IP address of your network router.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports that need to be forwarded.
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
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The normal process for forwarding a port is:
- Login to your router.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the proper box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- Sometimes you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
After that you're done - your ports should be open. Wait, there's more... Check out our growing list of games and applications.
