SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

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. The Cosmic Shake was green-lit by Nickelodeon and THQ Nordic following the success of Purple Lamp's previous title, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (2020), and was conceived as a spiritual successor to the 2003 original game. The developers focused on making the game more story-driven and fast-paced than its predecessor, in addition to a larger focus on quests and cosmetics. Unlike its predecessor, only SpongeBob is playable. The Cosmic Shake was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on January 31, 2023. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the faithfulness to the source material, but criticized its lack of innovation. A sequel, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, was released in 2025.