Ports 27015–27050 · TCP/UDP

Ports 27015–27050: Steam and Source games

Valve's Steam client and Source-engine games use the 27015 to 27050 range for game traffic and matchmaking.

Protocol
TCP/UDP
On Windows
Not part of Windows; installed software uses it
Risk if open to the internet
Low

Seeing it on your PC

steam.exe or a game connecting out to these ports while you play.

Should you block it?

Normal for Steam. Only a game server you host needs them incoming.

Check it on your PC

Run this in PowerShell to see what is using port 27015 right now, and which program owns it:

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 27015 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object LocalAddress,LocalPort,RemoteAddress,RemotePort,State,@{n='Process';e={(Get-Process -Id $_.OwningProcess -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).ProcessName}}
Get-NetUDPEndpoint -LocalPort 27015 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object LocalAddress,LocalPort,@{n='Process';e={(Get-Process -Id $_.OwningProcess -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).ProcessName}}

No output means nothing is using the port at the moment. For every connection at once, paste netstat -ano into the netstat explainer.