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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

Purple Lamp · THQ Nordic · 2023-01-31

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Action

Franchise: Spongebob Squarepants · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 12, 2023 (iOS), Jan 31, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Wish-granting Mermaid’s Tears in the hands of SpongeBob and Patrick… What could go wrong? Sure, the very fabric holding the universe together could come undone, opening portals into wild Wishworlds. But that’s nothing our favorite sponge can’t handle- with the right cosmic costume!

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 5024 reviews).

36
playing now
92%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (2.8k downloads)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (7,874 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a 2023 platform game developed by Purple Lamp and published by THQ Nordic. The game is based on the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. The player controls SpongeBob, who, along with Patrick, journeys across several alternate realities called "Wish Worlds" to save their friends and the town of Bikini Bottom while collecting Cosmic Jelly for the mermaid fortune teller Madame Kassandra.

Trailer

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake trailer thumbnail

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake - Release Trailer | PS4 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 36 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 546 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 100k–226k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,024 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99-50%
GOG$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.68 at GameBillet (2026-04-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 106 of 161 observed days · $13.31 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64864820232026Week of 2023-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

71112026-09-14 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 58 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 44 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 45 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 41 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 63 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 71 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 42 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 38 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26921Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 269 · peak 1,334Apr 2023 — avg 33 · peak 80Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 90Aug 2023 — avg 47 · peak 132Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 50Dec 2023 — avg 34 · peak 89Feb 2024 — avg 23 · peak 49Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 67Jun 2024 — avg 32 · peak 103Aug 2024 — avg 42 · peak 115Oct 2024 — avg 76 · peak 179Dec 2024 — avg 67 · peak 134Feb 2025 — avg 50 · peak 100Apr 2025 — avg 38 · peak 81Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 88Aug 2025 — avg 50 · peak 117Oct 2025 — avg 49 · peak 114Dec 2025 — avg 75 · peak 160Feb 2026 — avg 63 · peak 147Apr 2026 — avg 48 · peak 126Jun 2026 — avg 39 · peak 101Aug 2026 — avg 39 · peak 78
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$6.992022-11-142026-10-142022-11-14 — best price $99.992023-02-03 — best price $30.992023-03-22 — best price $39.992023-04-28 — best price $29.992023-05-24 — best price $39.992023-07-18 — best price $32.992023-08-18 — best price $16.702023-10-10 — best price $19.992023-11-23 — best price $13.992023-12-22 — best price $19.992024-02-23 — best price $19.992024-04-02 — best price $33.172024-05-09 — best price $15.192024-06-27 — best price $13.272024-08-15 — best price $13.362024-10-08 — best price $39.992024-12-02 — best price $33.402025-01-03 — best price $39.992025-02-12 — best price $13.202025-04-04 — best price $9.622025-05-06 — best price $13.192025-06-16 — best price $39.992025-08-09 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $6.992025-11-21 — best price $8.312025-12-18 — best price $8.332026-02-05 — best price $8.352026-03-27 — best price $9.992026-04-29 — best price $39.992026-06-08 — best price $39.992026-07-16 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $39.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

150582026-06-02 — 92 pageviews2026-06-06 — 104 pageviews2026-06-10 — 86 pageviews2026-06-14 — 75 pageviews2026-06-18 — 117 pageviews2026-06-22 — 110 pageviews2026-06-26 — 94 pageviews2026-06-30 — 108 pageviews2026-07-04 — 100 pageviews2026-07-08 — 130 pageviews2026-07-12 — 128 pageviews2026-07-16 — 134 pageviews2026-07-20 — 109 pageviews2026-07-24 — 105 pageviews2026-07-28 — 108 pageviews2026-08-01 — 98 pageviews2026-08-05 — 88 pageviews2026-08-09 — 148 pageviews2026-08-13 — 116 pageviews2026-08-17 — 96 pageviews2026-08-21 — 100 pageviews2026-08-25 — 80 pageviews2026-08-29 — 79 pageviews2026-09-02 — 70 pageviews2026-09-06 — 108 pageviews2026-09-10 — 82 pageviews2026-09-14 — 79 pageviews2026-09-18 — 83 pageviews2026-09-22 — 85 pageviews2026-09-26 — 72 pageviews2026-09-30 — 90 pageviews2026-10-04 — 85 pageviews2026-10-08 — 78 pageviews2026-10-11 — 96 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Dress Up"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)17,35926%44
PS4 (PlayStation)10,32430%44
Steam (Steam)5,63419%44
Xbox One (Xbox)1,79720%44
Switch (Nintendo)1760%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyActionComedyCartoonColorfulAdventureControllerOpen WorldPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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