Nickelodeon to Close 'SpongeBob Moves In' App on Monday, May 31, 2021

Bad news, Sponge Fans! Nickelodeon has announced that they'll be shutting down their popular SpongeBob SquarePants city building game app SpongeBob Moves In on Monday, May 31, 2021.

When players load the app, they're greeted with a pop-up message alerting them to the app's impending closure: "We hope you enjoyed playing SpongeBob Moves In!", reads the message. "We're sorry to report that our town will be closing on May 31, 2021. After that date, you will no longer be able to access your game. Thank you for playing with us and building a fantastic Bikini Bottom!"

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The app's official website, spongebobmovesin.com has been taken offline.

Launched globally in June 2013, SpongeBob Moves In allows fans of SpongeBob SquarePants to build their very own Bikini Bottom. The game features a stylized 2D design and gives fans a whole new way to interact with Nickelodeon's hit animated series.

In the game, players build Bikini Bottom to their own tastes and are tasked with keeping the city's residents happy by making all their wishes come true. As players advance in the game, they can unlock exclusive-to-the-app, untold stories about how their characters, including SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Squidward and Sandy, first arrived in the town. Written by the SpongeBob SquarePants series writing staff, these stories are told through brand-new animated short videos unlocked throughout the game.

In SpongeBob Moves In players can customize the look of their undersea city with a variety of characters, buildings, and accessories. In the ongoing quest to keep Bikini Bottom inhabitants happy by fulfilling their wishes, players must collect happiness to fill the town's happiness meter. Residents wish for food and gifts from the various Bikini Bottom restaurants and shops, like Krabby Patties from the Krusty Krab or a bouquet of flowers from the Flower Shop. Once their wish is granted a treasure chest will appear for the player to open and collect gold coins, happiness or a new recipe to add to their collection. When the happiness meter is filled, players advance to the next level in the game, earning coins, game experience and unlocking more quests, buildings and accessories to buy in the store.

Throughout the game, players earn gold coins and Jellyfish Jelly as rewards for performing a variety of activities like granting wishes, building buildings, making recipes, collecting rent and expanding their Bikini Bottom. Players can purchase additional land, ingredients, buildings and decorations using game coins and jellyfish jelly, or an iTunes account. In app purchases range from $0.99 - $99.99.

SpongeBob Moves In was last updated on July 21, 2020 to for "bug fixes".

SpongeBob Moves In is available for iOS and Android devices worldwide in eight languages: English, Spanish (LatAm), Spanish (Spain), German, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian.

Over its near-eight years online, the SpongeBob Moves In boasted over 5,000,000 installs on Google Play alone and was ranked the #1 App in 44 countries on the Apple App Store.

Although will be closing down, fans can still get their SpongeBob fix by playing SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off.

Will you miss SpongeBob Moves In when it goes offline? Let me know in the comments!

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