What is the main objective of SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit?

The main objective is to help SpongeBob rescue his friends, defeat Plankton's minions, and recover the secret Krabby Patty formula by navigating through side-scrolling levels and boss fights.

Which platforms support SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit?

The game is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac (macOS 10.15.0 or later), and Apple TV through Apple Arcade.

SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit Guide, Walkthrough, Tips, Glitch, News

Trouble has come to Bikini Bottom! The evil "mastermind" Sheldon J. Plankton has once again hatched a plan to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula. This time he has enlisted his army of cousins to capture all of SpongeBob's friends! Play as SpongeBob on his epic, most side-scrolly quest through Bikini Bottom ever! Explore, collect coins and spatulas, and crush obstacles as SpongeBob races to rescue his friends, defeat Plankton's minions and take back the formula. Keep an eye out for your favorite Bikini Bottom residents...you never know who you might run into! DIVE IN TO EXPLORE -Immerse yourself in SpongeBob's universe in the craziest platform running game yet! -Explore your favorite locations from Bikini Bottom to Glove World to the Chum Bucket -Jump on trampolines, avoid the stinging jellyfish and zoom down zip lines in your epic adventure RESCUE AND UNLOCK FRIENDS -Unlock trapped allies to join on your epic underwater quest -Journey together to collect coins, spatulas, and complete all the levels -Interact with tons of familiar faces including Patrick, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton! -Featuring the iconic voice cast of SpongeBob SquarePants! SHAPESHIFT AND CRACK PUZZLES -Transformation machines morph SpongeBob into a variety of silly forms -Unlock new abilities with each transformation and defeat countless obstacles -Find puzzles and unveil secrets in every level! DEFEAT THE BADDIES -From Plankton to Jellyfish King, face the most dangerous villains known to man or sea creature in challenging boss fights -Outwit bosses and use their own weapons against them...all in the effort to take back the Krabby Patty formula! SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit collects personal user data as well as non-personal user data (including aggregated data). User data collection is in accordance with applicable law, such as COPPA. User data may be used, for example, to respond to user requests; enable users to take advantage of certain features and services; personalize content; and manage and improve Nickelodeon's services. For more information regarding Nickelodeon’s use of personal user data, please visit the Nickelodeon Group Privacy Policy below.  Our Privacy Policy is in addition to any terms, conditions or policies agreed to between you and Apple, Inc., and Nickelodeon and its affiliated entities are not responsible for Apple's collection or use of your personal user data and information. Use of this app is subject to the Nickelodeon Terms of Use Agreement. For users residing in the EU, SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit may include the use of persistent identifiers for game management purposes and installation of this app constitutes your permission to such usage of persistent identifiers for all users on your device.  Terms of Use Agreement:  https://www.nick.com/legal/ussoge/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: http://mobilefiles.nick.com/privacyaa.htm 

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Ratings & Reviews

Really entertaining

Thu May 13 2021 ElbanFangirl

10/10, I absolutely love this game. Was browsing apple arcade hankering for a decent adventure game— luckily spongebob squarepants is one of my fave shows, either way the game went well-above and beyond what I expected, it provides days of entertainment and it’s brilliant how they have the buddy-system where you can utilize all the main characters from the show. Great levels and challenges, beyond amazing graphics, and super entertaining as you go down memory lane, from Glove World to Rock Bottom. Major plus: voiced by the original one and only cast. If you make an update with some kind of optional payment perk I’m all for it, take my money. Worth it.

Great until you find glitches.

Mon Jan 27 2025 SaraJoyBailey

I love the daily challenges and have beaten all the levels, all the main storylines and special events. I’ve gotten all the hats available and all the achievements, except for 2 connected to Plankton’s birthday, which I’ve met the qualifications for, but for some reason it won’t reward me. And judging by how many don’t have them, I’m guessing no one else got them either. I was playing the fun size levels and have 3 stars for almost all the levels. 2 stars for all of them. Tonight the daily mission was to score a 3 star score in a fun size level, so I played one I’m always just short of getting to 3 stars. Tonight I got it! I was thrilled. Until I went back to claim the mission reward and it didn’t trigger the reward. So I went back to the fun size levels and it showed I only had 2 stars for the level and my max score was 4,950. I tried again, got 3 stars again, 5,100 points with 5,000 being the needed score for 3 stars. I moved on to the next level and payed it through thinking maybe the system needed to save the info. After winning the next one, I went back to the fun size menu and it still says I have 2 stars, and that my max score was 4,999! I tried closing the game and restarting, and it is still glitching. It’s so frustrating to finally beat a level with 3 stars and not get the credit. Playing on Apple Arcade, with an I-pad on the newest version of the game.

Better than I expected! (But there are issues)

Wed Jun 03 2020 L8rG8r400

I had low expectations for a licensed Spongebob game, but hey, it’s pretty good! The attention to detail in the backgrounds is insanely good, and there are a lot of callbacks and references for fans of the show. The world selection is awesome, and I love exploring places like Glove World and Rock Bottom. A real treat for everyone who has seen these iconic episodes. That said, I encountered frame rate drops on an iPhone XS Max (there really shouldn’t be on such a new device), but thankfully, the Apple TV version ran flawlessly. I also wish the game hadn’t been an auto-runner, so that we could have full control of Spongebob in these levels. I would like to see more traditional platformers that don’t cater to mobile controls with simplified control schemes. We can use PS4 and Xbox controllers now developers, please keep that in mind! Don’t be afraid to require a controller to play, or simply implement a touch-screen dpad for those who don’t own one.

Pretty good!

Tue Aug 11 2020 C-h-e-e-s-e-c-a-k-e

So when I first saw this I expected this game to be pretty bad, but to my surprise it’s not and pretty decent. The mechanics are pretty nice, the scenery is nice as well, although it feels like a Mario makes level where everything is just thrown in there (platforms, coins, anchors, etc) also they use way too many anchors per level, like each one most likely has 30-50 a level. A lot of the background is re used and pretty bland, but it’s pleasant to look at. The music is very chill, and as far as I can tell re used in some places, even so the music is my favorite thing about this game. The dialogue is kinda bad and very re used example: in the first battle, against plankton, plankton says “you can’t beat me, I went to college!” But he says that so often it’s just annoying and he says “thats just not fair” every time you cause him damage. When you unlock a character, you can use them in a level but they just kind of float around you and mimic what you (spongebob) are/(is) doing, which is pretty boring. Spongebob as a few idle movements, but the rest of the characters only have one which is fair, but I digress. This game is fun, the music is nice, easy to play but its not that entertaining even so, I recommend you get this game, and if you have a young kid, they will love it.

Pretty good but…..

Fri Aug 27 2021 Speedboy C

I like this game until I got to the second level on jellyfish fields. It made me really angry because everything was killing me and why do you have to put a character that you don’t even have at a level I’m trying to collect every coin and it’s really frustrating when I die. I play on an iPad not even accidentally bite it when I am mad. Can you please make it so the levels have areas where you can go onto the weather available character that you’ve already unlocked the mystery one would you can’t unlock I think until the end of the game. I might have some spelling errors because I use dictate. I have a section for games that need to be approved before I play them if this keeps happening I’m going to put in that section.

Love it

Fri Feb 11 2022 mo0nlightfaeries

I actually love this game. I do like that it’s not too easy and there’s levels I’ve taken a few minutes to beat. But one thing I don’t get it is why make a level where I need two other characters? There used to be a point where I could meet up with who I need but when you go back into an old level to get more spatulas or maps, I can’t anymore. So I need to sometimes play the same level twice or even three times to get the right character to break open a door. And sometimes when I jump it delays or doesn’t register and I end up dying. :( Overall it’s a really fun game for any SpongeBob fan.

Jumping

Wed Sep 23 2020 Bamaboi32

Loved the game till I made it near the in of glove world not sure what happen but now there is a big delay when tapping to jump worked fine till I got to glove world and has gotten even worst in rock bottom to where I don’t even want to play the game anymore when I tap to jump it’s a couple second delay before he will actually jump causing me to fall and die it’s really annoying so I have to tap really fast several times when I want to jump to make sure he jumps in time it’s ether a delay or not registering me tapping and I know it’s not my phone I have no problems with any other game or when texting everything responds fine buts it’s so bad almost unplayable would be a 5 star game if it wasn’t for that jumping is the main part of the game if you can’t jump then the game doesn’t work

A MUST for any SpongeBob fan!!!

Tue Jul 18 2023 ShawnHite1987

This game is awesome. Let me start by saying that. It is free to play, you can earn achievements to brag to all your friends, and you can get coins to unlock all kinds of different cosmetics for SpongeBob. You also free your buddies along the way and they can join you and even help you get to inaccessible areas. If you like the show, you’ll love this game. SpongeBob can transform into different variations of himself to get you to new places as well. And you can expect all the same humor you know and love. This app is totally free, so do yourself a favor and download it!!!

Almost perfect

Tue Jun 02 2020 TayTay9497

I loved spongebob as I child so I obviously loved this game as well! It is quite annoying that you can't pick multiple characters on the levels having to go through each level multiple times is very tedious. Also every time I go on the app all the game center achievements pop up and it is very annoying. *spoiler alert* after you collect all of the original spatulas you get to go and collect golden spatulas & these blue coins, but I have heard that nothing happens after that, which is quite disappointing. I would love to have an update on this game & be able to play more. New story plots, maybe had more characters? Pearl & spongebobs grandma would be lovely additions! Or even Larry the lobster!

Great but crashes a lot

Sun Dec 11 2022 Ycats101

I just got 3 months of free Apple Arcade so naturally I’m making the most of it. This game is one I’ve wanted to try for awhile but couldn’t justify paying for Apple Arcade just for this game. The game and play is amazing. Everything I hoped it would be. There is, however, an annoying glitch that makes the app crash right after I finished a level. It seems to be pretty random, sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t. But it usually happens at least 1-3 times every time I play the game—it’s not just a one time thing. I was just disappointed because I would hope if someone would potentially pay to play this game, that it wouldn’t crash and make me reopen the app to keep playing it.

Features

Walkthrough

Getting Started in Bikini Bottom

Begin your adventure in SpongeBob: Patty Pursuit by navigating the tutorial level, which introduces basic controls like jumping and moving. Collect coins and spatulas while avoiding jellyfish. Use trampolines to reach higher platforms and zip lines to cross gaps. Your first goal is to rescue Patrick, trapped by Plankton's minions. Follow on-screen prompts to learn how to use transformation machines, which grant special abilities like smashing obstacles.

Boss Fights and Strategies

As you progress, you'll face bosses like Plankton and the Jellyfish King. Each boss has unique attack patterns—study them to dodge effectively. Use the environment, like bouncing on trampolines or grabbing boss weapons, to turn the tide. For example, against the Jellyfish King, time your jumps to avoid electric shocks and use SpongeBob’s transformed abilities to land hits.

Gameplays

Exploration and Collection

Explore iconic locations like Bikini Bottom and Glove World, collecting coins and spatulas to unlock new levels and abilities. Each level hides secrets and puzzles—look for hidden platforms or breakable objects to reveal bonus items. Interacting with characters like Squidward can trigger fun dialogue and extra rewards.

Transform and Conquer

Transformation machines are key to success. Morph SpongeBob into forms like a rocket or a bubble-blower to overcome obstacles and enemies. Each transformation unlocks new paths or abilities, so experiment to find the best strategy for each level. Watch out for jellyfish and other hazards that can interrupt your transformations!