Port Forwarding on Your Router for World of Goo

World of Goo is a Puzzle, Strategy, and Simulation game published by 2D Boy, Tomorrow Corporation released in 2008.

World of Goo has the following styles of gameplay.

• Most puzzle games require the player to solve puzzles such as word puzzles, logic puzzles, and pattern searching and matching. They can be both timed and untimed. Some puzzlers involve level progression, but many are more of the arcade style where all progression ends when the player stops playing.
• In a strategy game the player is required to use skillful thinking and a strong focus on planning ahead in order to achieve victory over their opponent. They can be either single player against bots or multiplayer against other players. They come in both turn-based and real-time versions, the former allowing each player a chance to complete their turn, the latter having a continuous running clock without stopping. Resource management and exploration are common themes in strategy games.
• Simulation games are based on recreating something from the real world in a game like environment. There are many different types of simulation games such as driving, flying, sports, and farming. One of the earliest simulation games was SimCity which was a social simulation game.

When you are playing World of Goo 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.

Use a VPN Instead

Have you considered using a VPN instead of forwarding a port? For most users, a VPN is a much simpler and more secure choice than forwarding a port.

We use and recommend NordVPN because not only is it the fastest VPN, it includes a new feature called Meshnet that makes forwarding a port no longer necessary for most applications. With NordVPN Meshnet, you can connect to your devices from anywhere in the world, completely secure, over a highly encrypted VPN tunnel.

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Once you've set up your NordVPN account on multiple computers and enabled Meshnet, you can seamlessly access all of your devices as if they were on the same network. You don't even have to log in to your router. It's very simple.

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

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

The easiest way to click the links to get 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.

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 process for forwarding a port is generally:

• 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 proper box in your router.
• Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the matching boxes in your router.
• Frequently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.

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The specific incoming ports that need to be forwarded for World of Goo are as follows:

World of Goo - Steam

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

World of Goo - PC

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

World of Goo - Wii

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

World of Goo - Switch

• TCP: 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920
• UDP: 1024-65535

We have guides that are custom tailored for World of Goo that will show you the connection ports.

• World of Goo - Steam
• World of Goo - Wii
• World of Goo - Switch

When you are done following those steps your ports will be forwarded. Be sure to check out our full list of games and programs that can be forwarded.