Open Ports on Your Router for Psychonauts 2

Psychonauts 2 is a Platformer, Action, Adventure, and Third-Person game published by Xbox Game Studios released in 2021.

Psychonauts 2 has the following styles of play.

• Platform games are usually action games that require the player to hop from one platform to another, usually in some sort of acrobatic way. They are good for people with fast reflexes. They can come in short and long story varieties. Typical platform games are Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog.
• Games that are considered action are all about centering the player in the middle of an evolving situation.
• In an adventure game you generally play through a story, usually as the protagonist. They rely heavily on story telling and can be inspired from books or movies.
• In a third person game you typically run around looking over the shoulder of the main character. They are frequently shooters like Gears of War or platformers like Tomb Raider or Assassins Creed.

When you are playing Psychonauts 2 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.

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

• Your router's IP address.
• The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
• The TCP and UDP ports to forward.

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.

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 general process for forwarding a port is:

• Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
• Locate 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.
• Sometimes you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The necessary ports for Psychonauts 2 are as follows:

Psychonauts 2 - Xbox Series X

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

Psychonauts 2 - Xbox One

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

Psychonauts 2 - Steam

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

Psychonauts 2 - PC

• We do not know the PC ports for Psychonauts 2 yet. If you know them please send us a message using our Message System.

Psychonauts 2 - Playstation 4

• TCP: 1935, 3478-3480
• UDP: 3074, 3478-3479

If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Psychonauts 2 simply follow one of these links:

• Psychonauts 2 - Xbox Series X
• Psychonauts 2 - Xbox One
• Psychonauts 2 - Steam
• Psychonauts 2 - Playstation 4

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.