It looks like Spongebob is having an important game moment

For 25 years, people all over the world have been happily entertained by the silly adventures of a sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea, SpongeBob SquarePants. More than 300 episodes of the popular Nickelodeon animated series tell the story of a chef of underwater fry and his friends, but SpongeBob SquarePants' adventures were not limited to television. Numerous movies, TV spinoffs, stage adaptations, books, comics, and of course video games have fascinated people over the years with the snail-wielding sponge. However, in the 2010s, the number of video games based solely on the world of SpongeBob dropped dramatically. That was until the surprise release of several SpongeBob games in the early 2020s, including one announced for 2025.

A revival of the modern SpongeBob SquarePants video games

Many gamers who grew up in the early 2000s probably have fond memories of playing classic Nickelodeon video games like The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules, Nicktoons Unite!and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. It was because of the nostalgia for this era of gaming that THQ Nordic commissioned Purple Lamp Studios to develop a remake Battle for modern audiences and platforms in 2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Battle – Rehydrated. For now Rehydrated received mixed reviews, it was a financial success, having sold over 2 million copies by 2021. This success inspired THQ and other game companies to develop new SpongeBob games and include the icon in several other games.

This revival of SpongeBob SquarePants in video games continued for the first time with his appearance in 2021 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawla Super Smash Bros-like fighting game with various Nickelodeon characters, new and old. SpongeBob will appear later Hot Wheels Unleashed, Minecraft, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedwayand Autumn guys. In 2023, THQ Nordic and Purple Lamp Studios released a spiritual sequel Rehydrated in the form of a new game SpongeBob SquarePants: Space Shake. I like it Rehydrated, Cosmic Shake was a third-person platformer that received mixed reviews but posted lower-than-expected sales, well below those of Rehydrated.

The latest SpongeBob SquarePants video game

Despite poor sales Cosmic ShakeNickelodeon continued to approve new video game developments in the world of SpongeBob SquarePants, leading to an October 2024 release. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game. A physics-based third-person sandbox game Game Patrick Star The main character is Spongebob's lovable, goofy, best friend, Patrick, for the first time in Video Game Wednesday. Here, Patrick can complete various mini-games and short quests to earn sand dollars and participate in The Fry Cook Games. However, how Cosmic Shake, Game Patrick Star has received mixed to poor reviews so far.

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game
was released on the same day that Patrick's voice actor, Bill Fagerbuck, would have turned 67 on October 4, 2024.

The future of SpongeBob SquarePants in video games

While SpongeBob's recent resurgence in video games has been mixed, that hasn't stopped fans of catching jellyfish from being the star of future games. In a recent trailer, the sequel from THQ Nordic and Purple Lamp Studios Cosmic Shake teased, seeming to complete the trilogy that began with Rehydrated. Little information is known about this upcoming Spongebob game, but it has a 2025 release date. This game is expected to be a third-person platformer and will play similar to both Rehydrated and Cosmic Shake. Only a few gameplay videos have been shown, showing SpongeBob walking around as a skeleton and his normal self in the dark, deep-sea city of Rock Bottom.

Story-wise, it's new SpongeBob SquarePants The main antagonist of the game seems to be the ghost of the Flying Dutchman, who appears repeatedly throughout the trailer. The trailer has also been dubbed the “Official Gameplay Trailer for Halloween” and features plenty of spooky scenes, so The Flying Dutchman as the antagonist could work. A mysterious pink portal opens and pulls in buildings and buses and seemingly strikes the inhabitants with lightning. Bosses from the previous games also appeared, such as Squidward who transforms into a giant octopus and Miss Shell who is a witch. Both SpongeBob and Patrick are little ghosts at the end of the trailer, and they'll probably have to use those forms to save Bikini Bot again.