War Thunder is an Action, MMO, Flight, and Simulation game published by Gaijin Entertainment released in 2016.

Which Ports Does War Thunder Require
The incoming connection ports for War Thunder are as follows:
War Thunder - Playstation 4
- TCP: 3478-3480, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3480, 16172, 20000-30000
War Thunder - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3480, 3544, 4500, 16172, 20000-30000
War Thunder - PC
- TCP: 5222, 6881, 7800-7802, 7850-7854, 8090, 20443, 27022-27042, 33333
- UDP: 3478, 3480, 16172, 20000-30000
War Thunder - Steam
- TCP: 5222, 6881, 7800-7802, 7850-7854, 8090, 20443, 27015, 27022-27042, 33333
- UDP: 3478, 3480, 16172, 20000-30000
War Thunder - Xbox Series X
- TCP: 3074, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3478-3480, 3544, 4500, 16172, 20000-30000
War Thunder - Playstation 5
- TCP: 3478-3480, 5222, 7800-7802, 7850-7854
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3480, 16172, 20000-30000
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and War Thunder simply follow one of these links:
- War Thunder - Playstation 4
- War Thunder - Xbox One
- War Thunder - PC
- War Thunder - Steam
- War Thunder - Xbox Series X
- War Thunder - Playstation 5
When you play War Thunder you will experience the following styles of play.
- Games that are considered action are all about centering the player in the middle of an evolving situation.
- In an MMO style game there are hundreds if not thousands of players in the same game world. MMO stands for Massively Multiplayer Online, which means that it is an online only game. Most MMO style games do not have any sort of single player or offline component.
- Flight games are similar to car driving games in that you are usually in the cockpit of a plane or helicopter. They can also be from the view of a chase camera. Some flight games are atmospheric and some are space based.
- Simulation is a huge category of games that includes driving and flying simulators, social simulations, medical simulations, sports simulations, and even dating simulations. They attempt to mimic the real world in a way that is either educational or rewarding or both. Popular examples include SimCity, FlightGear, and Madden NFL.
How to Port Forward War Thunder
When you are playing War Thunder 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:
- The IP address of your network router.
- Your gaming machine's IP address.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.
The easiest way to navigate to 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 process for forwarding a port is usually:
- Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the correct box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- On occasion you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
That's all it takes to open your ports. Want to learn how to create more port forwards? Check out our list of games and applications.