 Numerous video games based on the series have been produced . Some of the early games include Legend of the Lost Spatula ( 2001 ) and SpongeBob SquarePants : Battle for Bikini Bottom ( 2003 ) . The 2003 video game was added to the Greatest Hits by Sony . It also served as the engine basis for a video game based on the The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . Heavy Iron Studios , the game 's developers , tweaked the graphics to give the game a sharper and more imaginative look than that of Battle for Bikini Bottom . They also increased the polygon count , added several racing levels , and incorporated many of the creatures seen in the film . In 2013 , Nickelodeon published and distributed SpongeBob Moves In , a freemium city @-@ building game app developed by Kung Fu Factory for iOS . 
