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SpongeBob SquarePants

Who lives in a video game?

Games based on Stephen Hillenburg's Nickelodeon cartoon, running since 2001. The line mixes platformers, film tie-ins and party games, all set around Bikini Bottom.

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2001
First game: 1
Series: Stephen Hillenburg
Creator

In the frameSpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

One world. Many eras.

Choose your chapter

The licensed years. SuperSponge and Legend of the Lost Spatula started it. Heavy Iron, Blitz Games and WayForward then kept a steady flow of platformers, tie-ins and party games coming.

Start with SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom

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SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Purple Lamp2020

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

Purple Lamp Studios2023

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Series (1)

Absorbent, yellow and playableSpongeBob SquarePantsThe SpongeBob SquarePants game line, from 2001 tie-ins to Purple Lamp's modern platformers. Most entries put you in Bikini Bottom with the cast of the Nickelodeon cartoon.

A legacy worth revisiting

Bikini Bottom, fully playable.

Licensed cartoon games come and go, but Battle for Bikini Bottom stuck around. Heavy Iron's 2003 platformer earned a 2020 remake from Purple Lamp, and that team went on to make The Cosmic Shake and Titans of the Tide.