SpongeBob SquarePants video games
Licensed video games based on the SpongeBob SquarePants television series
Video game series
SpongeBob SquarePants video games Genre(s) Action , ticket redemption, adventure , action-adventure , city-building , puzzle , sports , third-person shooter , racing , party , rail shooter , Open-world , platform Developer(s) Publisher(s) Platform(s) First release Legend of the Lost Spatula March 15, 2001Latest release SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game October 4, 2024
The SpongeBob SquarePants video game series is a collection of video games and arcade games based on the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and its film series with the same name . The television series' massive rise in popularity during the 2000s led to a myriad of video games that span different genres. Several of these games are based on concepts from specific episodes , two of which are based on theatrical releases . Some of these titles had multiple different versions developed for a variety of home consoles and handheld consoles . Until 2013, the vast majority of titles were published by THQ . From 2013 to 2015, the license for most titles was handed to Activision . The license is currently held by THQ Nordic . Video games based on the series have often received mixed reviews from critics, yet many of these titles have performed well in sales.
SpongeBob related characters have appeared in numerous other Nickelodeon crossover video games as well, featured alongside other Nicktoons .
Releases
Year
Title
Platform(s)
Acquired label(s)
Console
Computer
Handheld
2001
SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
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SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
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2002
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
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2003
SpongeBob SquarePants Collapse [ a]
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Windows
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SpongeBob SquarePants Darts [ b]
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Windows
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
2004
SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends in Freeze Frame Frenzy [ c]
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Game Boy Advance
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SpongeBob SquarePants Movin' with friends [ d]
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SpongeBob SquarePants Typing
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
Xbox Platinum Family Hits
GameCube Player's Choice
SpongeBob SquarePants Bowling [ e]
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2005
SpongeBob SquarePants: 3D Obstacle Odyssey [ f]
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
Xbox Platinum Family Hits
GameCube Player's Choice
SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends: Unite! [ g] [ h]
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PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger
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PlayStation Portable Greatest Hits , Essentials
2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
PlayStation 2
GameCube
Wii
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island [ g] [ i]
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
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SpongeBob SquarePants Diner Dash [ j]
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2007
SpongeBob and Friends: Attack of the Toybots [ g] [ k]
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
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SpongeBob SquarePants in Bikini Bottom Bowling
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SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam [ l]
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2008
SpongeBob Atlantis SquareOff
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Windows
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Game of Life [ m]
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Monopoly [ n]
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SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom [ g]
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Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition [ o]
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2009
SpongeBob Dinner Dash/SpongeBob Dinner Dash lite [ p]
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SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off
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SpongeBob's Truth or Square
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Nintendo DS
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable Essentials
SpongeBob's Truth or Square: SpongeBob SquarePants
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2010
SpongeBob's Boating Bash
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SpongeBob for iOS [ q]
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iOS
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2011
SpongeBob SquigglePants
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SpongeBob Dinner Dash Deluxe and SpongeBob Dinner Dash [ r]
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SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
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SpongeBob SquarePants: the Clam Prix
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2013
SpongeBob Moves In!
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge
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2015
SpongeBob HeroPants
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2020
SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off [ s]
Nintendo Switch
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Patty Pursuit [ t] [ 1]
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
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2022
SpongeBob SolitairePants [ u]
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SpongeBob: Get Cooking [ v] [ 2]
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2023
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake [ 3]
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SpongeBob Adventures: In a Jam [ 4]
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SpongeBob Simulator [ 5]
Roblox
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Windows
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2024
SpongeBob: Bubble Pop [ w] [ 6]
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
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Notes:
^ Released on March 4, 2003.
^ Released on October 8, 2003.
^ Titled Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy in the North American release.
^ Titled Nicktoons Movin' in the North American release.
^ Released on November 1, 2004.
^ Released on January 12, 2005.
^ a b c d Part of a series called Nicktoons Unite!
^ Titled Nicktoons Unite! in the North American release.
^ Titled Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island in the North American release.
^ Released on December 18, 2006.
^ Titled Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots in the North American release.
^ Only available on Xbox Live Arcade .
^ Released on March 21, 2008.
^ Released on May 26, 2008
^ Spinoff of 2007's Drawn to Life .
^ Spongebob Dinner Dash would become SpongeBob Dinner Dash Deluxe On May 6, 2011, and SpongeBob Dinner Dash lite would become SpongeBob Dinner Dash also on May 6, 2011.
^ Released on September 19, 2010
^ Released on May 6, 2011.
^ Released on February 4, 2020 for mobile, April 29, 2021 for Nintendo Switch
^ Released on May 28, 2020 for Apple Arcade
^ Released on November 25, 2022 for Apple Arcade
^ Released on September 27, 2022 for Netflix
^ Released on September 17, 2024 for Netflix
Other video games including SpongeBob SquarePants
Year
Title
Platform(s)
Acquired label(s)
Console
Computer
Handheld
2000[ 7] [ 8]
Nicktoons Racing
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
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2001
Nicktoons Nick Tunes
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Windows
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2002
Nickelodeon Party Blast
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2003
Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D
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Windows
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2004
Nicktoons Basketball
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Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy
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Nicktoons: Movin'
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2005
Nicktoons Unite!
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
2006
Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing
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Windows
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Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
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2007
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
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Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
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2008
Nicktoons: Android Invasion
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2009
Nicktoons Nitro [ a]
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2011
Nicktoons MLB
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2018
Nickelodeon Kart Racers
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
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Super Brawl Universe [ b]
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2020[ 9]
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix [ 10]
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
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2021
Madden NFL 21 [ 11]
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Stadia
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl [ 12]
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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2022
Hot Wheels Unleashed [ c] [ 13]
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis [ d]
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Nickverse
Roblox
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
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Minecraft x SpongeBob DLC
Minecraft
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
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Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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Fall Guys [ e] [ 14]
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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2023
PowerWash Simulator [ f] [ 15]
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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Toca Boca [ 16]
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iOS, Android
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Survivor.io [ 17]
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iOS, Android
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Stumble Guys [ 18]
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Windows
iOS, Android
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Brawlhalla [ 19]
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Windows, Mac
iOS, Android
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Oh Baby! Kart [ 20]
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Windows, Mac
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Epic Roller Coasters [ 21]
PlayStation 5
Windows, Mac
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2024
Brawl Stars [ 22]
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Just Dance 2025 Edition [ 23]
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
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Notes:
^ Only playable as an arcade game .
^ Released on August 3, 2018 for Android and on iOS on March 12, 2019.
^ Spongebob Racing Season DLC was available from January 20 to March 29, 2022
^ Released on January 21, 2022 for Apple Arcade
^ SpongeBob costumes were available on December 1, 2022 for a limited time.
^ "SpongeBob SquarePants Special Pack" DLC was released on June 29, 2023
Reception
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The SpongeBob SquarePants video game series received mixed reviews from critics. Although the video game based on the movie is the highest rated according to Metacritic, Battle for Bikini Bottom is considered by fans to be one of the best video games in the series.[ 132] [ 133] [ 134] [ 135] [ 136]
Edge declared Operation Krabby Patty as the 29th game in their list of "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century" in 2006.[ 137]
HeroPants was nominated for the "Favorite Video Game Award" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2016 , but lost to Just Dance 2016 .[ 138] Employee of the Month was nominated by the editors of Computer Gaming World for the "Adventure Game of the Year" award in 2003, but the award was given to Uplink: Hacker Elite .[ 139]
Lights, Camera, Pants! was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game title at the 33rd Annie Awards in 2005, but lost to Ultimate Spider-Man . Creature from the Krusty Krab was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game at the 34th Annie Awards in 2006, but lost to Flushed Away .[ 140] It also won the award for Favorite Video Game at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards .[ 141]
Sales
The PlayStation version of SuperSponge sold 1.06 million copies, becoming one of the console's best-selling games .[ 142] Battle for Bikini Bottom sold over 1.25 million copies.[ 143] Both games were added to the PlayStation Greatest Hits by Sony , and the latter was added to the Xbox Platinum Family Hits and the GameCube Player's choice by Microsoft and Nintendo , respectively.[ 144] [ 145] [ 146]
By 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants video game series sales totaled 1.5 million copies sold, with Operation Krabby Patty having an estimated sales total of 490,000 copies.[ 137]
Edge also ranked Revenge of the Flying Dutchman , Battle of Bikini Bottom , and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at numbers 34, 31, and 25 respectively in their list "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games," based on the number of copies sold. The Game Boy Advance versions of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , Battle for Bikini Bottom , and Revenge of the Flying Dutchman sold an estimated total of 780,000, 710,000, and 740,000 copies, respectively.[ 147]
By 2007, the video game series totaled more than 20 million copies shipped worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises .[ 148] [ 149] By 2010, the series reached more than 29 million copies shipped worldwide.[ 150] [ 151]
SpongeBob Moves In! peaked at #6 at the App Store Official Charts of Top Paid iPhone Apps, and on #4 at the Top Paid iPad Apps in 2013.[ 152] [ 153] [ 154] [ 155]
In June 2020, The NPD Group released a ranking of the Top 10 best-selling SpongeBob games in the United States as of May 2020, with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie being in the number 1 spot followed by Battle for Bikini Bottom and Revenge of the Flying Dutchman .[ 156]
On August 13, 2020, Rehydrated had sold over 1 million copies.[ 157] And as of May 19, 2021, it reached more than 2 million copies.[ 158]
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