SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (19%); after 7h it's 1 in 30 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 34% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Jellyfish Jam” (Defeat Jellyfish King) and “Sweet Victory” (Defeat Robo-Sandy in the Poseidome): from 100% to 69% of starters.
- Only 51% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 18,494 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.6h for positive, 2.4h 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 (51.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Jellyfish Jam Defeat Jellyfish King. 100%
- Sweet Victory Defeat Robo-Sandy in the Poseidome Most players quit here 69% −31
- Toxic Terror Defeat Robo-Patrick in the Industrial Park 50% −19
- Shrimp Catcher Defeat Prawn in the Mermalair 49% −1
- SpongeBob vs SpongeBob! Defeat SpongeBot SteelPants in the Chum Bucket Lab 34% −14
- Shanghaied Defeat the Flying Dutchman 34%
- The Small Does Not Rule Defeat Robo-Plankton and neutralize SpongeBot SteelPants' Brain. 34%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- Jellyfish Jam Defeat Jellyfish King. 100%
- Spatula Seeker Collect 10 Golden Spatulas 97%
- Sponge Smasher Defeat 100 robots as SpongeBob in the campaign. 91%
- Jellyfishing Complete Squidward's Mission in Jellyfish Fields 88%
- Time For Tutorial Collect everything in SpongeBob's House. 76%
- Sock Getter Find 15 of Patrick's Socks 74%
- Sweet Victory Defeat Robo-Sandy in the Poseidome 69%
- Super Spatula Seeker Get 25 Golden Spatulas 67%
- Star Smasher Defeat 100 robots as Patrick in the campaign. 65%
- Uptown and Downtown Complete Mrs Puff's Mission in Downtown Bikini Bottom 62%
- Surf's Up! Finish the main missions of Goo Lagoon 62%
- Squirrel Smasher Defeat 100 robots as Sandy in the campaign. 53%
- Toxic Terror Defeat Robo-Patrick in the Industrial Park 50%
- Shrimp Catcher Defeat Prawn in the Mermalair 49%
- Ultra Spatula Seeker Get 50 Golden Spatulas 49%
- Hit Rock Bottom Finish the main missions of Rock Bottom 48%
- Life's as extreme as you wanna make it! Clear all the Ski slopes in Sand Mountain 48%
- Are you ready now? Talk to Squidward 10 times as SpongeBob. 46%
- Keep it Rolling Complete the Rolling Ball Puzzle in Mermalair 46%
- Hello, Bikini Bottom Find all the hidden Golden Spatulas in Bikini Bottom. 43%
- Robot encyclopedia Destroy at least one type of every robot in the game. Bosses don't count 42%
- Sock Concert Find half (40) of Patrick's Socks 40%
- Mega Spatula Seeker Get 75 Golden Spatulas 37%
- Ship Shape Reclaim the Flying Dutchman's ship in the Flying Dutchman's Graveyard 35%
- SpongeBob vs SpongeBob! Defeat SpongeBot SteelPants in the Chum Bucket Lab 34%
- Shanghaied Defeat the Flying Dutchman 34%
- The Small Does Not Rule Defeat Robo-Plankton and neutralize SpongeBot SteelPants' Brain. 34%
- Kelp Forest of Fear Find all the Lost Campers in Kelp Forest 32%
- Sleepy Time Get All Golden Spatulas in the SpongeBob's Dream level 32%
- Super Ultra Mega Spatula Seeker Get all 100 Golden Spatulas 20%
- 100% SpongeBob Get 100% completion. All golden spatulas and all socks 20%
- Sock Opera Find all (80) of Patrick's Socks 19%