Outright Games and PHL Collective took to the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase to reveal SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game, an all-new sandbox adventure launching on Switch on 4th October.
As its name suggests, Patrick takes the starring role in this one. Playing as the beloved Bikini Bottom starfish, the upcoming sandbox game will see you exploring familiar SpongeBob locales and getting involved in some physics-based fun as you cause chaos. So... Goat Simulator, but under the sea?
Here's the official blurb from the above reveal trailer:

Explore Bikini Bottom as a sandbox playground, using various objects to create physics-defying fun. The game features missions from beloved characters like SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, and Plankton, and includes iconic locations such as Glove World, The Dump, and Demolition Derby. Activities range from building Krabby Patties to causing chaos in Mrs. Puff’s rage room!
We heard rumours of this one after an online listing was spotted earlier this month, so it's nice to finally get the official confirmation. There's even a physical version on the way too.
Last year's SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake left us grinning from cheek to cheek, calling it "the best SpongeBob platformer yet" in our review. The Patrick Star Game looks like it's taking a slightly different approach, but let's hope that it can reach the same highs as its predecessor.
Will you be grabbing this one in October? Let us know in the comments.
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Not sure if I'll get this one and regardless I should play the other SpongeBob games first, but I still have my fingers crossed it will be good in general and also on Switch specifically!
Looks kind of fun honestly. I've never played a Spongebob game though, I might have to fix that sometime.
...Isn't this basically Goat Simulator, but Spongebob or something?...
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another game from Anti-Matter's favorite publisher...
If I can't have Patrick rolling with a pole between some cheeks that says spongbob I don't want it.
Oh my gosh that show is just awful. There are no redeeming qualities.
Best reveal at the Direct! Definitely intrigued to see more. Graphics don’t look great, but they are still charming nonetheless. Not sure if I’ll pick this up quite yet, although it is nice that it’s $40 instead of $60.
@DripDropCop146 Spongebob? The first few seasons stand up incredibly well, it’s only the last 15 years or so that have been rubbish. Like the Simpsons.
With being mixed on the game being published by Outright Games (known for having game that are pretty mediocre) and not published either by THQNordic, or hell even Gamemill Entertainment, this actually looks... somewhat fun?
Even for someone that has a SpongeBob PFP lol
It seems greatness can even be found under a rock.
I'm truly intrigued by this one. If gameplay is as fun as it looked I might give it a try
If ever there was a sign that the Switch is at the end of its life...
@DripDropCop146 I hope you're referring to The Patrick Star Show and not SpongeBob SquarePants.
@HotGoomba @nessisonett Yeah, I mean the Patrick Show. Which the game is titled after. Awful show indeed.
As far as Spongebob goes, Idk. I tuned out around 2006. 2004 movie was the offical finale as far as where my journey ended.
I get that there are only so many ways you can do SpongeBob in 3D but that looks EXACTLY like Purple Lamp's take and do feel like the Real THQ2 has grounds to sue Not-THQ2
@SlackerArtist Are we supposed to hate Outright more than GameMill? I've always seen GameMill as LJN levels of garbage basket, and Outright as being the midway between that and Bandai anime games.
@Zeebor15 Well personally I don't outright (no pun intended) hate Outright Games, well yeah and on about GameMill, they can have bad games that they published, but there can be games that they published that are good (like the Nick All-Star Brawl games for example)
But back on Outright Games however, whenever I see their name on a licenced kid's game however, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth
Looks fun but sheesh that performance in the direct footage alone isn't a good sign. No reason it should be performing like that. I guess it is Outright Games tho.
Yay...! 😃
Another kids games by Outright Games.
Will get the PS5 version.
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I'm still somewhat cautiously optimistic about this game. Seeing as Purple Lamp ain't involved I didn't wanna get my hopes up but it looks like it'll be fun! I'll have to wait until reviews come out to make up my mind.
Also seeing as I saw some discourse over The Patrick Star Show so I wanted to throw it out there that I thought that it's a lot of fun! It kinda starts out a bit wobbly but it gets better overtime. I haven't checked out S2 or S3 yet but I've seen a few clips on Twitter and some made me chuckle. Definletly recommend checking it out if you wanna. Also there's absolutely no relation to that show in the game from what I've gathered so yeah.
@Zeebor15 I don't really dis-dislike Outright. They've got a very spotty track record though. I played their first MLP game and it was... well, I'll spare you the details but it's not great. Plus I heard that the Bluey game they published wasn't worth the hype it got. Most of the other games they published flew under the radar, as IDK how many would care for a game from some kids show unless they were a fan of said kids show. I do wish some of their games were more fleshed out as we haven't really evolved from cheap Wii shovelware. These games are over and done with in an hour or two. The Patrick game does seem like it might have more going on but again, I really don't wanna get my hopes up cause it might be rubbish for all we know.
@LouBlu08 Outright designs may not be outstanding, but they aren't the insulting, make Ubisoft Montreal and Tood Howard's Bethesda look like Super Mario Club wunder-programers, buggy mess of garbage GameMill puts out. GameMill has only ever released one game above a 3/10, and that was because they used some sort of VooDoo to get the distribution rights to a home port of an arcade game that went THROUGH Super Mario Club. Twice.
‘Eww outright games’ was the non constructive comment that was removed and that is fair. To add further to this less than helpful comment. My feelings come from being let down over and over again by all of their games and quality. The games are cheaply made and not worth $40. $15 sure but not more than this.
They have become very silent with marketing their games recently which doesn’t give me any faith that they are improving but let’s see. Wait for sales.
@Mayhemyes
In my defence, the games by Outright Games are NOT trash.
I have played some of the games by Outright Games such as Paw Patrol games, My Little Pony, Race with Ryan, Transformers Battleground, Transformers Earthspark, Crayola Scoot, etc on PS4 / PS5 and they were from decent enough to quite good.
Also, during this year Outright Games have provided more 3rd party kids games for multi consoles and almost every month there will be new games.
I have watched their channel on YouTube to see their game trailers.
I'm really the supporter of the games by Outright Games, even I typed in bold for their name.
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