Serious Sam 4, formerly Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass, is a First-Person, Shooter, Action, and Adventure game published by Devolver Digital released in 2020.
Ports To Forward for Serious Sam 4
The incoming ports that need to be forwarded for Serious Sam 4 are as follows:
Serious Sam 4 - Steam
- TCP: 27015-27016, 27036
- UDP: 27015-27016, 27031-27036
Serious Sam 4 - Playstation 4
- TCP: 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
Serious Sam 4 - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
Serious Sam 4 - PC
- TCP: 27015-27016
- UDP: 27016
Serious Sam 4 - Playstation 5
- TCP: 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
Serious Sam 4 - Xbox Series X
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and Serious Sam 4 simply follow one of these links:
- Serious Sam 4 - Steam
- Serious Sam 4 - Playstation 4
- Serious Sam 4 - Xbox One
- Serious Sam 4 - PC
- Serious Sam 4 - Playstation 5
- Serious Sam 4 - Xbox Series X
Serious Sam 4 has the following styles of gameplay.
- In a first person style game the main viewpoint is from the player looking forward. This can be either a first person shooter or a first person driving game.
- In a shooter the player must have a very fast reaction time. Usually there i a weapon held out in front of the player that is used to target other players or enemies. They can be either single player or multiplayer. The single player versions usually have a short storyline with minor RPG elements. Call of Duty and Battlefield are some very popular examples.
- Action games are fast paced and tend to put the player in the middle of the action, requiring you to jump over obstacles, climb ladders, and shoot things.
- 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.
How to Port Forward Serious Sam 4
When you are playing Serious Sam 4 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 router.
- The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
- The 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
The fastest way to do this is to use Network Utilities. Network Utilities can forward your ports in just a few clicks, and close them back down when you are done just as easily. You can also do it the manual way.
The normal process for forwarding a port is:
- Start by logging in to your router.
- Locate your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the appropriate box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
That's all it takes to open your ports. Want more? Check out our growing list of games and applications.
