SpongeBob SquarePants video games

Licensed video games based on the SpongeBob SquarePants television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

GenresAction, ticket redemption, adventure, action-adventure, city-building, puzzle, sports, third-person shooter, racing, party, rail shooter, Open-world, platform
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SpongeBob SquarePants video games
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First releaseLegend of the Lost Spatula
March 15, 2001
Latest releaseSpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
November 18, 2025
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SpongeBob-related characters have appeared in numerous other Nickelodeon crossover video games as well, featured alongside other Nicktoons.

Releases

More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Platform(s) Acquired label(s)
Console Computer Handheld
2001 SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula N/a N/a
N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty N/a
N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
N/a
2002 SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
 N/a
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants Collapse[a] N/a Windows N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Darts[b] N/a Windows
N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
  • PlayStation 2
  • Xbox
  • GameCube
  • Windows
  • Game Boy Advance
2004 SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends in Freeze Frame Frenzy[c] N/a N/a Game Boy Advance N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Movin' with friends[d]
  • PlayStation 2
 N/a N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Typing N/a
N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Krusty Krab Adventures
  • InteracTV DVD
 N/a N/a N/a
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • PlayStation 2
  • Xbox
  • GameCube
  • Windows
  • Mac OS X
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Mobile
  • PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
  • Xbox Platinum Family Hits
  • GameCube Player's Choice
SpongeBob SquarePants Bowling[e] N/a
  • Windows
  • Mobile
 N/a
2005 SpongeBob SquarePants: 3D Obstacle Odyssey[f] N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!
  • PlayStation 2
  • Xbox
  • GameCube
  • Windows
  • Game Boy Advance
  • PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
  • Xbox Platinum Family Hits
  • GameCube Player's Choice
SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends: Unite![g][h]
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameCube
 N/a
  • PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger N/a N/a
  • PlayStation Portable Greatest Hits, Essentials
2006 SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameCube
  • Wii
  • Windows
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
  • PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island[g][i]
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameCube
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Diner Dash[j] N/a
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Mobile
 N/a
2007 SpongeBob and Friends: Attack of the Toybots[g][k]
  • PlayStation 2
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants in Bikini Bottom Bowling N/a N/a N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Obstacle Odyssey 2: Time Trouble N/a Windows N/a N/a
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
  • PlayStation 2
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam[l]
N/a N/a N/a
2008 SpongeBob Atlantis SquareOff N/a Windows N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Game of Life[m] N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Monopoly[n] N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom[g]
  • PlayStation 2
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition[o] N/a N/a
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
2009 SpongeBob Dinner Dash/SpongeBob Dinner Dash lite[p] N/a N/a
iOS
N/a
SpongeBob vs. The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off N/a N/a
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
  • Xbox 360
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Nintendo DS
  • PlayStation Portable
  • PlayStation Portable Essentials
SpongeBob's Truth or Square: SpongeBob SquarePants N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob for iOS[q] N/a N/a
iOS
N/a
2011 SpongeBob SquigglePants
  • Wii
 N/a
N/a
SpongeBob Dinner Dash Deluxe and SpongeBob Dinner Dash[r] N/a N/a
  • iOS
 N/a
SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip
  • Xbox 360
 N/a
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: the Clam Prix N/a N/a
  • Leapster Explorer
 N/a
2013 SpongeBob Moves In! N/a N/a
N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge
N/a
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo 3DS
 N/a
2015 SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run N/a N/a
  • iOS
  • Android
 N/a
SpongeBob HeroPants
  • Xbox 360
 N/a
N/a
2020 SpongeBob Krusty Cook-Off[s][t]
Windows (Microsoft Store) N/a
SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit [u][2]
  • macOS
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Stadia
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
 N/a
2021 SpongeBob’s Idle Adventures N/a N/a
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
 N/a
2022 SpongeBob SolitairePants[v]
  • tvOS
  • macOS
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
 N/a
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake[3]
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
 N/a
SpongeBob Adventures: In a Jam [w] [4] N/a N/a
  • Android
  • iOS
 N/a
SpongeBob Simulator[5]
  • Roblox
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
 Windows
  • Android
  • iOS
 N/a
2024 SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.[x][y][7] N/a N/a
  • Android
  • iOS
 N/a
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
2025 SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit 2 [z]
  • macOS
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
 N/a
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Released on March 4, 2003.
  2. [b]
    Released on October 8, 2003.
  3. [c]
    Titled Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy in the North American release.
  4. [d]
    Titled Nicktoons Movin' in the North American release.
  5. [e]
    Released on November 1, 2004.
  6. [f]
    Released on January 12, 2005.
  7. [g]
    Part of a series called Nicktoons Unite!
  8. [h]
    Titled Nicktoons Unite! in the North American release.
  9. [i]
    Titled Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island in the North American release.
  10. [j]
    Released on December 18, 2006.
  11. [k]
    Titled Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots in the North American release.
  12. [l]
    Only available on Xbox Live Arcade.
  13. [m]
    Released on March 21, 2008.
  14. [n]
    Released on May 26, 2008
  15. [o]
    Spinoff of 2007's Drawn to Life.
  16. [p]
    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.
  17. [q]
    Released on September 19, 2010
  18. [r]
    Released on May 6, 2011.
  19. [s]
    Released on February 4, 2020 for mobile, December 11, 2020 for Windows, April 29, 2021 for Nintendo Switch, September 27, 2022 for Netflix, and July 2, 2025 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
  20. [t]
    Known on Netflix as SpongeBob: Get Cooking[1]
  21. [u]
    Released on May 28, 2020 for Apple Arcade
  22. [v]
    Released on November 25, 2022 for Apple Arcade
  23. [w]
    Also known as SpongeBob Farming.
  24. [x]
    Released on September 17, 2024 for Netflix
  25. [y]
    This app has been removed from Android and iOS on July 14, 2025.[6]
  26. [z]
    Released on December 4, 2025 for Apple Arcade
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More information Year, Title ...
Other video games including SpongeBob SquarePants
Year Title Platform(s) Acquired label(s)
Console Computer Handheld
2000[8][9] Nicktoons Racing
  • PlayStation
  • Windows
  • Game Boy Color
  • Game Boy Advance
 N/a
2001 Nicktoons Nick Tunes N/a Windows N/a N/a
2002 Nickelodeon Party Blast
  • Xbox
  • GameCube
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
2003 Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3-D N/a Windows N/a N/a
2004 Nicktoons Basketball N/a
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy N/a N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
 N/a
Nicktoons: Movin'
  • PlayStation 2
 N/a N/a N/a
2005 Nicktoons Unite!
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameCube
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
  • PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits
2006 Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing N/a Windows N/a N/a
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
  • PlayStation 2
  • GameCube
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots
  • PlayStation 2
  • Wii
 N/a
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Nintendo DS
 N/a
2008 Nicktoons: Android Invasion N/a N/a
  • LeapFrog Didj
 N/a
2009 Nicktoons Nitro[a] N/a N/a N/a N/a
2011 Nicktoons MLB
  • Wii
  • Xbox 360
 N/a
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo 3DS
 N/a
2018 Nickelodeon Kart Racers
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
 N/a N/a N/a
Super Brawl Universe[b] N/a N/a
  • iOS
  • Android
 N/a
2020[10] Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix[11]
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • Android
 N/a
2021 Madden NFL 21[12]
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Stadia
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
 N/a
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl[13]
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
2022 Hot Wheels Unleashed[c][14]
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis[d]
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • tvOS
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
 N/a
Nickverse
  • Roblox
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • macOS
  • iOS
  • Android
 N/a
Minecraft x SpongeBob DLC
  • Minecraft
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • Android
 N/a
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Fall Guys[e][15]
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
2023 PowerWash Simulator[f][16]
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Toca Boca[17] N/a N/a iOS, Android N/a
Survivor.io[18] N/a N/a iOS, Android N/a
Stumble Guys[19] N/a Windows iOS, Android N/a
Brawlhalla[20]
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
 Windows, Mac iOS, Android N/a
Oh Baby! Kart[21] N/a Windows, Mac N/a N/a
Epic Roller Coasters[22] PlayStation 5 Windows, Mac N/a N/a
2024 Brawl Stars[23] N/a N/a
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
 N/a
Just Dance 2025 Edition[24]
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
 N/a N/a N/a
2025 Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds[g][25]
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Windows
 N/a N/a
Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny[26]
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Nintendo Switch
 N/a N/a N/a
Fortnite

[27]
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X/S
  • Windows
  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Android
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Only playable as an arcade game.
  2. [b]
    Released on August 3, 2018 for Android and on iOS on March 12, 2019.
  3. [c]
    SpongeBob Racing Season DLC was available from January 20 to March 29, 2022
  4. [d]
    Released on January 21, 2022 for Apple Arcade. Ported to home consoles in 2026 as Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis Next!
  5. [e]
    SpongeBob costumes were available on December 1, 2022 for a limited time.
  6. [f]
    "SpongeBob SquarePants Special Pack" DLC was released on June 29, 2023
  7. [g]
    "SpongeBob SquarePants Pack" DLC was released on November 19, 2025
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Reception

More information Game, GameRankings ...
Aggregate review scores
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Legend of the Lost Spatula 60.60%[28] —
Operation Krabby Patty — —
SuperSponge (PS1) 68%[29]
(GBA) 67.83%[30]		 —
Employee of the Month — —
Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
53–75%
40–71
Battle for Bikini Bottom
63–74%
 (GC) 71[41]
(PS2) 71[42]
(Xbox) 70[43]
Freeze Frame Frenzy 60.20%[44] 53[45]
Movin' with Friends 53.33%[46] —
The Movie
52–72%
67–75
Lights, Camera, Pants!
53–75%
 (PS2) 59[62]
(Xbox) 57[63]
(PC) 68[64]
Unite!
53–64%
 (PS2/DS) 53[69][70]
The Yellow Avenger (DS) 62.67%[71]
(PSP) 58.45%[72]		 (DS) 67[73]
(PSP) 48[74]
Creature from the Krusty Krab
Nighty Nightmare
56–72%
56–74
Battle for Volcano Island
55–69%
 (PS2/DS) 59[88][89]
(GBA) 69[90]
Attack of the Toybots
57–67%
 (DS) 54[95]
(Wii) 60[96]
Atlantis SquarePantis
59–72%
 (DS) 64[101]
Underpants Slam 52.33%[102] 55[103]
Globs of Doom (DS) 66.50% [104]
(Wii) 58.83%[105]
(PS2) 57.50%[106]		 (DS) 48[107]
(Wii) 47[108]
(PS2) 39.33[109]
Drawn to Life 71.08%[110] 68[111]
The Big One: Beach Party Cook-Off 58.20%[112] —
Truth or Square (360) 40%[113]
(Wii) 68%[114]		 (360) 40[115]
Boating Bash (DS) 43%[116]
(Wii) 46.50%[117]		 —
SquigglePants (Wii) 64.18%[118]
(3DS) 68.29%[119]		 (Wii) 59[120]
(3DS) 64[121]
Surf & Skate Roadtrip (360) 60%[122] (360) 60[123]
Moves In! — (iOS) 50[124]
Plankton's Robotic Revenge — (Wii U) 40[125]
HeroPants — (360) 20[126]
(PS Vita) 58[127]
Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated –
66–71
The Cosmic Shake –
68–73
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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.[136][137][138][139][140]

Edge declared Operation Krabby Patty as the 29th game in their list of "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century" in 2006.[141]

HeroPants was nominated for the "Favorite Video Game Award" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2016, but lost to Just Dance 2016.[142] 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.[143]

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.[144] It also won the award for Favorite Video Game at the 2007 Kids' Choice Awards.[145]

The highest rated spongebob game according to metacritic is Spongebob Titians of the tide, meanwhile the lowest rated is Spongebob SquarePants featuring nick toons: Globs of doom[146]

Sales

The PlayStation version of SuperSponge sold 1.06 million copies, becoming one of the console's best-selling games.[147] Battle for Bikini Bottom sold over 1.25 million copies.[148] 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.[149][150][151]

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.[141]

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.[152]

By 2007, the video game series totaled more than 20 million copies shipped worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game franchises.[153][154] By 2010, the series reached more than 29 million copies shipped worldwide.[155][156]

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.[157][158][159][160]

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.[161]

On August 13, 2020, Rehydrated had sold over 1 million copies.[162] And as of May 19, 2021, it reached more than 2 million copies.[163]

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