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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 5,080
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 15h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Deputy”: only 71% of starters get there.
- 86% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,144 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9h for positive, 7.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (85.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Deputy Complete all main missions in the Wild West Jellyfish Fields Most players quit here 71% −29
- Movie Star Complete all main missions in Karate Downtown Bikini Bottom 52% −19
- First Mate Complete all main missions in Pirate Goo Lagoon 42% −10
- ScaredyPants Complete all main missions in Halloween Rock Bottom 38% −4
- Ugh Ugaha! Complete all main missions in Prehistoric Kelp Forest 35% −3
- King of the Castle Complete all main missions in Medieval Sulfur Fields 32% −2
- Ride Rider Complete all main missions in Jelly Glove World 31% −1
- Local Hero Save Bikini Bottom from being destroyed 31%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- Dress Up Unlock your first costume 100%
- Sponge out of Harm's Way Defeat 50 enemies without taking damage inflicted by them 83%
- Bamboozled Bubble an enemy that hasn't detected SpongeBob yet 77%
- Deputy Complete all main missions in the Wild West Jellyfish Fields 71%
- Stunning Performance Push 50 enemies with the Jelly Maker roar 69%
- Wanted Sponge Hit 25 NPCs 67%
- Is it a plane? Is it a pizza? Glide 1000 meters throughout the game 63%
- Bubble the Trouble Bubble 10 Tartar Jellies that are currently engaged in an attack 61%
- Movie Star Complete all main missions in Karate Downtown Bikini Bottom 52%
- The Way of the Sponge Karate Kick 100 enemies 49%
- Boxing Champion Destroy 1000 Tikis 43%
- First Mate Complete all main missions in Pirate Goo Lagoon 42%
- Red and Shiny Press 50 buttons 38%
- ScaredyPants Complete all main missions in Halloween Rock Bottom 38%
- Ugh Ugaha! Complete all main missions in Prehistoric Kelp Forest 35%
- King of the Castle Complete all main missions in Medieval Sulfur Fields 32%
- BounceBob Jump 10 times in a row on one Jump Pad 32%
- Ride Rider Complete all main missions in Jelly Glove World 31%
- Local Hero Save Bikini Bottom from being destroyed 31%
- SpongeBob JellyPants Carry 10000 Jellies at once 31%
- Tentacle Dodger Don't get hit by Jelly Squidward's tentacles during the boss fight 24%
- Sponginator Destroy 500 objects 24%
- Music Enthusiast Listen to a Slamvil perform a solo in peace and quiet 21%
- Splash Zone Have Glovey Glove defeat 20 enemies during the boss fight 21%
- King of Bubbles Bubble 100 enemies 21%
- Jellyfish Hunter Catch 50 Jellyfish 20%
- Friendly Fire Defeat a Big Jelly with the Baby Boom projectile 20%
- Volley King Defeat 10 Baby Booms by reflecting their missile 19%
- Hazardous Defeat 25 Ninjellies with environmental hazards 14%
- Spring Cleaning Suck in a total of 100 enemies with the Reef Blower 13%
- Jaws with Flaws Defeat 10 enemies with the Burrower 13%
- Deck Scrubber Reclaim the Dutchman's ship within 5 minutes during the boss fight 12%
- Knight in shining PJs Deliver all cakes without getting hit once 11%
- Beach Spinster Spin 6 Beach Umbrellas at once 10%
- SpongeLock HolmesPants Find the secret Spatula in every level 9.7%
- Return to Sender Defeat 5 Jelly Makers by knocking other enemies into them 9.3%
- Wanna see me do it again? Clear every level and defeat the final boss 9.1%
- Fashion Hunter Unlock all costumes 9.0%
- Wrath-tub Defeat 25 enemies with the Big Jelly's attack 8.9%
- The Good, the Bad and the Krabby Catch Mr. Krabs in under 3 minutes 8.8%
- Dehydrated Evade all of Pom Pom's shockwaves during the Boss fight 8.4%
- Kah-Rah-Tay King Don't take damage during the Sandy boss fight 8.3%
- Pet you didn't see that coming Don't get seen by King Gary during the boss fight 8.2%
- One Sponge to Rule Them All Collect all awards 7.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.