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The Flying Dutchman
Developer Snack Games
Uncover the mystery of the legendary Ghost Ship The Flying Dutchman! From the Steam store page
110 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
11
Rotten
5 positive · 39 negative
95% range 5–24%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 11 | 15 | 37 |
| Steam reviews | 5 | 39 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Negative
5 of 46 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
11% recommend · 5 yes, 39 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 44 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Negative (10 of 65 positive).
Players widely condemn the game as one of the worst hidden object games they have played. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the blurry, low-resolution graphics that make objects nearly impossible to find. [4][5][6] Several posters note the game is very short, repetitive, and has little to do with the Flying Dutchman. [7][8][2]
Liked
- One reviewer finds the game not so bad. [7]
Representative posts
- [7]
It's not so bad. Just very short. And you must find and install the old Java 6 first.
- [1]
Probably one of the worst Hidden Object games I've ever played, and I have played a lot. Only a handful of screens with 10-15 objects on each screen. Some of the objects are extremely difficult to find as the resolution is very low and colors and graphics blends into each other, ot it's placed right at the edge of the visible screen, with only a few pixels showing. Not to mention the objects themselves and how they …
- [2]
I played and finished this in an hour so you don't have to lol. It's bad, really bad. The worst HOG I've played to date. Low-res, which is awful for a HOG, reuses the same scenes and the same objects in the same places in those same scenes, and still only lasts an hour with that filler. The install was 12MB. 12MB for a non-pixel/non-retro game. Just no. Avoid like... whatever you personally really avoid.
- [4]
Short version: poorly constructed game, frustrating, not enjoyable. Long version: 1. Images are extremely poor quality, and some of the "lost objects" appear to just be clip art or stock photos taken as a whole (i.e. a polar bear standing on an iceberg, when the object is just "Polar Bear"). Many images are warped or so faded as to be virtually indistinguishable from the background, made worse by the low resolution …
- [8]
I don't like writing negative reviews but this game deserves it. I'm not even sure why I played it to the end. Pros: - The Title Cons: - The title is misleading. This game has nothing to do with the Flying Dutchman. - Graphics are blurry and some items can't be seen at all. You WILL be using the hint button. - Quite a few items are misspelled and some aren't even accurate. You WILL be using the hint button. - The …
Summarised from 35 of the 109 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
11% of the 44 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Flying Dutchman. The complaint that keeps coming up: graphics are blurry and low-resolution. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 110 · most liked firstShort version: poorly constructed game, frustrating, not enjoyable. Long version: 1. Images are extremely poor quality, and some of the "lost objects" appear to just be clip art or stock photos taken as a whole (i.e. a polar bear standing on an iceberg, when the object is just "Polar Bear"). Many images are warped or so faded as to be virtually indistinguishable from the background, made worse by the low resolution / clarity of the entire game. 2. Moderately poor English grammar / usage /…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good hidden object game does not muddy the images with low resolution pictures and blurry items to search for. A good hidden object game does not make you wait 15-20 seconds after each item is found before you can select the next item on the list. A good hidden object game does not have a countdown timer that forces you back to the beginning of the game if you happen to run out of time. A good hidden object game does not require you to be pixel-perfect in your clicking when hunting for an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like writing negative reviews but this game deserves it. I'm not even sure why I played it to the end. Pros: - The Title Cons: - The title is misleading. This game has nothing to do with the Flying Dutchman. - Graphics are blurry and some items can't be seen at all. You WILL be using the hint button. - Quite a few items are misspelled and some aren't even accurate. You WILL be using the hint button. - The hint button takes forever to recharge. - Music in no way reflects the pirate…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably one of the worst Hidden Object games I've ever played, and I have played a lot. Only a handful of screens with 10-15 objects on each screen. Some of the objects are extremely difficult to find as the resolution is very low and colors and graphics blends into each other, ot it's placed right at the edge of the visible screen, with only a few pixels showing. Not to mention the objects themselves and how they are named, like asking for a "Duck" and the correct object is a swan.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short version: 3% Another shoddily made cheap rip-off from the infamous Xing Interactive that, as usual, is only good for one thing: to thoroughly offend someone by gifting this pile of shame to them. Long version: Xing (formerly Crystal) Interactive– or rather the person behind it– has been known for almost 20 years in the indie/shareware industry as one of the shadiest publishers, and also the maker of the kind of games you meet only twice in your life: the first and the last time. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never before have I met someone else with my same swan-duck missidentification sydrome S.D.M.S so boy was I relieved when I played this game and for once I could actually play a game about swans! ( or ducks I can't actually tell the difference). I love how this developer catered specifically to my needs! However I can tell the difference between a flute and a mayan statue, so 0/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ugh. I've gained a recent respect for hidden object games and picked this one up in the Winter Sale. Sadly, it's probably the worst of the genre I've played. There are only about 6 locations and you have to find the same objects over and over again in each one. This is easier said than done because all the objects are so blurry and the resolution of the scene is so low that you are basically clicking on smudges and hoping that is what they want. This has nothing to do with the typos or bad…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont bother. The opening hidden object game has images so bad, I cannot complete even that. Money wasted.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played and finished this in an hour so you don't have to lol. It's bad, really bad. The worst HOG I've played to date. Low-res, which is awful for a HOG, reuses the same scenes and the same objects in the same places in those same scenes, and still only lasts an hour with that filler. The install was 12MB. 12MB for a non-pixel/non-retro game. Just no. Avoid like... whatever you personally really avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This... Ugh... I am plain speechless. Actually I don't know how I should write a review and recomendation for this game that has no swear words in it? I'll try anyway. First you are greeted by the Melody "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" a favorite instrumental piece from the Nutcracker. I would have expected a totally different song, but never mind this isn't even important at all. The graphics aren't standard even for a HOG-Game they are far beyond substandard. It makes me feel bad for those…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Movie is mainline but on a timeline split Truth or Square is side game Revenge of the Flying Dutchman is the Dirge of Cerberus
neutral · AI labelView post →How did this piece of crap make it on Steam? I have played some bad games in my life and this is easily one of the worst. Low quality, blurry photos makes up for each scene. Random things are put all over the screen and in different sizes than what they should be. Sometimes it's a good thing, like seeing the godzilla of polarbears on a mountain. Other times the game doesn't even know what it wants you to look for. Appearently a Swan is a Duck, and a glass of beer is orange juice. And a statue…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't believe this game's on steam... IT'S SO BAD, and don't forget the KSP copyright music.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What if the new Spongebob game ends with the Flying Dutchman being trapped in a bottle, and the game ends up being a prequel to Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is irritating.hintbutton charged to slow, because you play with time,some hidden objects are blended in the background so you littarely don't see them without a hint and the locations are boring.The same over and over again.I can't speak for others but for me personnely, i couldn't reccomend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's see..... A light bulb is apparently spelled 'Bulp', a Gargoyle is spelled 'Gorgoile' and juice is a glass of beer to them. Not to mention a few others. End result there's a lot of misspellings and the games graphics are too bright and muddy for the items to be seen. Final result: This Game Sucks!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman is a bad game. I'm not gonna defend it. But I have a weird soft spot for it lol
negative · AI labelView post →I feel kind of stupid now... I read all the negative reviews, but ignored them. This is probably the worst Hidden Object game I have played to date, and I have played quite a few. The graphics are so blurry, it is almost impossible to find what you are looking for. Even when I have used hints, it is impossible to see some of the objects, and that is when I actually gave up the game. It seems the designers of this very lousy game did not even know the name of the items they put in the game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There's something wrong here: some of the screenshots on the Steam store do not actually appear in the game. Considering how awful this game is, I am suspecting foul play. What I got was a very, very bad pure hidden-object game (no mini-games, no point-and-click adventure). It's very short (under 1 hour) and very repetitive. There are only a handful of scenes that you play multiple times. They are blurry and bad. Comically, even the text is blurry, such that it's hard to know what object…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well I'm glad I found this game in a bundle with some good games, cause this game is baaaad! Really, let me sum it up: - The background images are blurry, like enlarged jpg pictures. - The items you need to find are sometimes hidden behind other objects, only partly on the screen, or the description is just bad. - When you (accidentally) hit the menu button you have to start the level over. - This game is so short, I was done in 71 minutes, 15 of which I was having lunch while the game was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What more can be said that hasn't already been said. This is a VERY short hidden object game (can be completed in about an hour). There are only seven different "scenes" with objects, and the only reason the game takes as long as it does is that you revisit each scene two more times (sometimes different objects, sometimes the same you found before). Pros: - see Cons Cons: - Low resolution graphics, even for a hidden object game - Mislabled items (duck = swan, flute = statue that might be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, just a week after purchasing my copy of this game, I managed to complete SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman this past Monday (July 6, 2026). As Homer Simpson would say in the legendary animated web short “The Family Simp”, “Yeah: it alright.”
neutral · AI labelView post →I love HOGs but this is very very terrible. Don't waste your money. Even not worth on sale!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna support all the others that have reviewed this thing: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!! The pictures are WAAAAYYY to grainy to see anything at all in, and whoever made this game is probably riding the short bus to work. First of all, there are FREE spellcheckers online, USE THEM. Second, there is a HUGE difference between a duck and a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ swan. It shouldn't be too hard to find out which is which. You guys failed on this one, shame on you for releasing a game on this magnitude of ♥♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The worst HOG I have played, Avoid if you are even a fan of the genre.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I could forgive the spelling mistakes, since it seems like English is not the game developers' native language. However, the game suffers from several flaws that make this (thankfully short) experience pretty painful. For a "hidden object" game, the picture quality is atrocious, as if the game assets were saved as low-quality jpegs. Some of the objects you're asked to find are ambigous, such as being asked to find a "bird", but only one of the four birds on the scene will actually count. Other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some items to search for are not there. HINT does not work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has poor graphics, does not change items on the search screen, and occasionally gives you something to search for, that IS NOT THERE. Even if you use hint, the item is not there. So you have to start the search over. Beyond aggravating! A minor annoyance is mispelled search items. Don't spend your nickels and dimes on this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finally beat Spongebob Squarepants: Titans Of The Tide and I really enjoyed it! The platforming is some of the best in the series and the level design is great, but I love the story in this game! Seeing The Flying Dutchman and King Neptune arguing with each other is really funny! Great game!
positive · AI labelView post →This game is amazing with a very engaging story (that i didn't pay attention to), revolutionary gameplay (i especialy like clicking on badly photoshoped images), i recommend this game to anyone. ALL HAIL FLYING DUTCHMAN!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldn't even get it to play on my desktop. For some reason, it does not detect that I have Java. For such a game, it cannot achieve even the most basic of tasks. That being, actually being able to play it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch 2. SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide is out now on Nintendo Switch 2. A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom! Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick and combine their unique skills to battle epic bosses. Save Bikini Bottom in the duo's ghostliest adventure yet, fully voiced by the original show cast.
neutral · AI labelView post →Took the Flying Dutchman to a recent Sharks game and got her a new license tag frame for the back.🦈🦈🦈
neutral · AI labelView post →Horrible game. The pulsating colours make your head hurt more than enough. Some items that even the hint box shows are not registering.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hidden Object games are not my favourite types of games but I've played enough that to know that "The Flying Dutchman" is (one of) the worst available here on Steam. Unlike most other Hidden Object games, The Flying Dutchman has no story (as far as I know). The pictures all look pretty boring to me and the mini-games are too easy and uninteresting. But the worst part of this game has to be the graphics. I know these kind of games do not rely on their great graphics but most of the time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better than assassin's creed unity
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After so many years (due to me losing the disc somehow), I’ve finally completed Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. I got 100% on every SpongeBob game except Lights Camera Pants, hope that game arrives soon so I could go at that.
neutral · AI labelView post →148. SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman Larry the Lobster killed himself and took the game with him by crashing it after two hours of torment and that was the point where I broke down in hysterics, gave up and ate my fingers instead.
negative · AI labelView post →Game 85: SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman This feels like a personal one, it took over a decade to wanna come back to this and beat it. And even then its still tedious in some parts, but young us can finally be happy knowing its officially done 7.5/10
positive · AI labelView post →I just fucking remembered you literally cannot beat the PS2 version of Spongebob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman because the game will inevitably hit a loading screen so long that it kicks in the automatic system the game has that kicks you back to the bios i wasted multiple rentals on this
negative · AI labelView post →Ripley’s Game (2002) Miami Blues (1980) Badlands (1973) Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) boxd.it/aFcX
neutral · AI labelView post →David Hasselhoff singing a sea shanty for this completely sold me on getting the game, along with a character pairing like King Neptune and the Flying Dutchman
positive · AI labelView post →TimeSplitters 2. Or Kingdom Hearts 2. Or Sly Cooper 1. Or Spongebob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman and hoping the game actually boots up after the logo instead of getting kicked to the memory card screen.
neutral · AI labelView post →1/10 strait up THE worst hog game ive played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not so bad. Just very short. And you must find and install the old Java 6 first.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Aventure - WC - Hidden Object Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Requires manual install of Java by end user which the competition nearly never requires. I didnt play. Java is a security risk and a relic from a more primitive internet. This game does not warrant to go to such lengths. Consensus around the reviewers is that the objects to find are obscured by heavy pixelization, within heavily pixelated backgrounds. To make matters worse the game features…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A duck is a duck is a ...swan? Wait, what? Well, I guess they're both birds usually seen on the surface of a lake, maybe? A glass of beer is juice. Well, I suppose they're both light colored liquids in a glass? That grey blob over there that you can't even make out enough to tell what is is probably the whatever thing you were looking for that you just can't seem to find, but you may never know since the timer you can barely see ran out while you were looking for it. Can't believe I wasted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is DOA and should be removed from Steam. The game performs a check for an ancient version of Internet Explorer for Java plugins - it prompts with an error if it can't find "Java" even if you have it installed. There's no developer support for this bug and the game will not launch under Windows 10. A few people have complained miserably in the Steam forums but there's no help there for those poor souls. Maybe if you have a legacy computer? Gamebreaking launcher bug and *zero*…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is simple and repetative.... its only 6 levels and the same 6 locations with the same items.... was fine at 99p but wouldnt say i enjoyed it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now. It may be better than Assassians Creed: Unity, but there is no umbrella. Your game is invalid. The rest of the page is burned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why am I putting bats and umbrellas into my purse?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I decided after getting Revenge of the Flying Dutchman - the original such title - that I want to build up a collection of every single SpongeBob SquarePants game released on the GameCube. Sure enough, StocktonCon had one for sale, so I scooped it up as soon as I could.
neutral · AI labelView post →Revenge of the Flying Dutchman is the game that taught me some games are just absolute garbage
negative · AI labelView post →What's your: First Game Console First Game(s) for that Console Favorite Game for that Console GameBoy Advance Monsters Inc & Spongebob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
neutral · AI labelView post →Spongebob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman for Gamecube, one of the most jank and liminal 3D platformers ever made. There's definitely worse games as a whole out there, but even as a kid this felt like such a downgrade from Battle for Bikini Bottom and The Movie Game, which I played first
negative · AI labelView post →"I am at the Flying Dutchman game" "...Honus Wagner's been dead for ages" "no, no, the _Flying Dutchman_ game"
neutral · AI labelView post →Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. I had the PS2 version which contained the infamous load screen soft lock, but it's still a bad game otherwise lmao. ( I mod games for a hobby, I have feisty opinions! )
negative · AI labelView post →Spongebob Revenge of the Flying Dutchman also does this (To be fair this game went thru development hell if you know the story behind it) Now this one isn't TOO different but this one trailer seems to use more than one build of the game since the HUD changes mid-way in the trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →While it was a very flawed game. Revenge of the Flying Dutchman had such a great soundtrack that rivals the shows music. The Patrick Star Game is also full of bangers and it’s such a unique take on SpongeBob music. It sounds more like… I dunno, childhood memories of watching the show, I guess?
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like I've had more bad experiences with games rather than actual consoles. I've had a few plug-n-plays that were mostly boring. Only video game that comes to mind that's actually pretty bad in hindsight is Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. I liked it as a kid, but uh... Yeah, it's pretty bad.
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