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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

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SpongeBob SquarePants:
The Cosmic Shake
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake cover
Developers
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
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake on Wikipedia
Subseries of Nickelodeon
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! 2005
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 2023

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure and platform game in the SpongeBob SquarePants series.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Standard (Europe only) and BFF Editions available.[1]
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Windows
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
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
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.
Windows

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake has no microtransactions.

Essential improvements

Skip logo video

Move or delete video file
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\CosmicShake\Content\Movies\.
  2. Delete, move, or rename the sbcs_legal.bk2 file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\UserSettings.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\*.sav[Note 2]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\CosmicShake\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1282150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Display settings
Display settings
Advanced display settings
Advanced display settings
General settings
General settings
Accessibility settings
Accessibility settings

Graphics feature State Notes
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%.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 layout
Keyboard and mouse layout
Gamepad layout
Gamepad layout

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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.
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
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
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 settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
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 settings
Language settings
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
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
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video Only applies to intro video during startup.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium G3320
AMD Phenom II X4 925
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB[9]
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7870
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1282150/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1282150) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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).
  3. 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. [1] - last accessed on 2023-06-15
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-12
    https://thqnordic.com/article/patch-4-released-spongebob-squarepants-cosmic-shake
  3. 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. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Verified by User:DarkSonicPT on 2023-03-12
    https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/10649382/
  5. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
    Tested by playing the game with a 2560x1080 resolution.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 and r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing.
  8. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-02-01
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
  9. Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2023-04-14
    Actual install size is 7.81 GB.