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+ | {{Availability/row| Retail | | Steam | Standard (Europe only) and BFF Editions available.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://cosmicshake.thqnordic.com/cosmicshake/GB/win|title=|date=2023-06-15}}</ref> | | Windows }} | ||
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Revision as of 04:53, 15 June 2023
Developers | |
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Purple Lamp Studios | |
Publishers | |
THQ Nordic | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 31, 2023 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 71 |
OpenCritic | 70 |
IGDB | 73 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC, One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, Platform |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Comedy, Fantasy |
Series | SpongeBob SquarePants |
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure and platform game in the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Standard (Europe only) and BFF Editions available.[1] | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | A costume pack is available, containing several cosmetic outfits for SpongeBob to be used in-game. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Costume pack | Contains seven costumes for SpongeBob: RoboBob SteelPants, Mermaid Man Bob, Purple Sponge, Primitive Sponge, Dried Sponge, Opposite Day Bob, and Band Geek. Available for free to players who pre-ordered the game. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake has no microtransactions. |
Essential improvements
Skip logo video
Move or delete video file |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\UserSettings.sav %LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282150/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\*.sav[Note 2] %LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\*.sav |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282150/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Cutscenes are letterboxed for cinematic purposes. Natively supports 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, 21:9 and 32:9. Aspect ratios narrower than 16:9 are letterboxed in menus, cutscenes and dialog sequences. A percentage slider for "Downscale" was added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] Set to 100% by default. Adjustable from 25%-100%. |
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Multi-monitor | Menus, cutscenes and dialog sequences are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio.[3] Vert- issue fixed as of patch 1.0.3.0.[4] |
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Ultra-widescreen | Menus, cutscenes and dialog sequences are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio.[5] Vert- issue fixed as of patch 1.0.3.0.[4] |
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4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | A slider was added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] | ||
Windowed | Window can be freely resized by dragging edge. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Referred to as "Windowed Fullscreen". | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Referred to as "Texture Quality". Five presets are available: "Low" (off), "Medium" (2x), "High" (4x), "Epic" (8x), and "Ultra" (also 8x).[6] Settings added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA only. Five presets are available: "Low" (off), "Medium" (2x), "High" (3x), "Epic" (4x), and "Ultra" (6x).[7] Settings added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Options for 25 predefined framerate limiters are available.[Note 3] Can also run at an uncapped framerate, referred to as "Off". Settings added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Color blind mode | Referred to as "Color Blindness Correction". Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia filters are available. A strength slider, referred to as "Severity", is also available. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate sliders for "Camera Horizontal Sensitivity" and "Camera Vertical Sensitivity" are available. Added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Referred to as "Invert Vertical" under "Camera Controls" in "Gameplay Settings". X-axis ("Invert Horizontal"), or both axes can also be inverted. |
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Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | Separate sliders for "Camera Horizontal Sensitivity" and "Camera Vertical Sensitivity" are available. Added in patch 1.0.4.0.[2] | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Referred to as "Invert Vertical" under "Camera Controls" in "Gameplay Settings". X-axis ("Invert Horizontal"), or both axes can also be inverted. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Keyboard and button prompts switch from one another if using different inputs. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for Master, Music, Sound Effects, and Voice. | |
Surround sound | Plays up to 7.1.[8] | |
Subtitles | Optional accessibility features, such as the size and the opacity of the subtitles, are available and can be adjusted. | |
Closed captions | Descriptions of characters actions and sound effects occasionally appear in brackets when subtitles are enabled. No option to disable separately. | |
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hindi | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | Availability fixed as of patch 1.0.4.0.[2] | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | Voiceover added in patch 1.0.3.0.[4] |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | Only applies to intro video during startup. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1 | 10, 11 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium G3320 AMD Phenom II X4 925 |
Intel Core i5-3570K AMD FX-6300 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB[9] | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon R9 380 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1282150/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1282150) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ Available framerates:
• 10 FPS
• 12 FPS
• 15 FPS
• 18 FPS
• 24 FPS
• 25 FPS
• 30 FPS
• 40 FPS
• 45 FPS
• 48 FPS
• 50 FPS
• 60 FPS
• 72 FPS
• 75 FPS
• 90 FPS
• 100 FPS
• 120 FPS
• 144 FPS
• 150 FPS
• 160 FPS
• 165 FPS
• 180 FPS
• 192 FPS
• 200 FPS
• 240 FPS
References
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2023-06-15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-12
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
- Tested by playing the game with a multi-monitor setup at a 2560x1080 resolution, and then using the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-12
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
- Tested by playing the game with a 2560x1080 resolution.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anisotropic filtering setting with the command
r.MaxAnisotropy
.
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anisotropic filtering setting with the command
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anti-aliasing setting with the commands
r.PostProcessAAQuality
andr.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing
.
- Tested by playing the game with the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Unlocker and checking the anti-aliasing setting with the commands
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-02-01
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
- Actual install size is 7.81 GB.