Cronos: The New Dawn

4.5
  • Great Boss Battles
  • Extremely Fun

Cronos: The New Dawn is a pulse-pounding, third-person survival horror game that throws you into the heart of a deadly struggle against overwhelming foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of a twisted time travel story.

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Cronos: The New Dawn is a brutal third-person survival horror where you fight for the future by salvaging the past. Burn monsters before they merge. Extract souls from the living. Adapt or die.

SURVIVE THE FUTURE. SALVAGE THE PAST

Set in a grim world where Eastern European brutalism meets retro-futurist technology, Cronos: The New Dawn lets you experience a gripping story that straddles the line between past and future.
In the past, you will witness a world in the throes of The Change, a cataclysmic event that forever altered humanity. Meanwhile, in the ravaged wastelands of the future, every moment is a fight for survival against dangerous abominations that will test both your reflexes and your tactical thinking.
You are a Traveler working for the enigmatic Collective, tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future in search of time rifts that will transport you to 1980s-era Poland.

ADAPT OR PERISH

In a desolate world filled with ever-present danger, your survival hinges on your ability to strategize and plan ahead. The enemies you’ll encounter are nightmarish creatures, born from the remnants of humanity – defeating them will require you to make full use of your arsenal.
You can manipulate temporal Anomalies to clear a path through the desolate environment, and will have to scavenge for resources to replenish your limited ammo and supplies. Good preparation is key. Once in battle, split-second decisions can mean the difference between life and death.

DON’T LET THEM MERGE

The creatures you kill won’t stay dead for long. Fallen enemies can be absorbed by others — through a grotesque process called Merging — to become faster, tougher, and far deadlier.
The only way to stop them? Burn their bodies. And do it fast.
If you don’t, you’ll face ever-evolving abominations that will push your combat skills to their limits.

HARVESTER OF SOULS

Your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Harvester, you can extract their Essences and have them accompany you into the future.
But be wary: these essences have a profound impact on your journey.
The more you carry, the more haunted your suit becomes — increasing your prowess on the battlefield but also bringing with them whispers in your ear and flickers into your vision, edging you ever closer to madness.

ESRB Mature 17+
Mature 17+
  • Intense Violence
  • Blood and Gore
  • Strong Language
Base Game
$59.99
Epic RewardsEarn 5% back
Refund TypeSelf-Refundable
DeveloperBloober Team S.A.
Publisher
Bloober Team S.A.
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Cronos: The New Dawn Editions (3)

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

    ESRB Mature 17+
    Mature 17+
    • Intense Violence
    • Blood and Gore
    • Strong Language
    • Cronos: The New Dawn
    • Deluxe Edition Upgrade
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    ESRB Mature 17+
    Mature 17+
    • Intense Violence
    • Blood and Gore
    • Strong Language
    • Cronos: The New Dawn
    • Deluxe Edition Upgrade

Cronos: The New Dawn DLC & Add-Ons

Cronos: Lazarus

Wield the Warden's power in this combat-heavy expansion to Cronos: The New Dawn. Teleport, strike, and outrun a relentless hunter as you race to revive a lost Essence before the Collective closes in on you.

Deluxe Edition Upgrade

Deluxe Pre-Order Edition Contains • 1x Core Resource • 8x Pistol Ammo • 3x Shotgun Ammo • 2x Small Health Pack • 1500 Energy • Two Unique Armor Skins (limited to Pre-Order and Deluxe edition) • Digital Artbook and Soundtrack

$14.99

Cronos: The New Dawn Ratings & Reviews

77%
Critics Recommend
78
Top Critic Average
Strong
OpenCritic Rating
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The Jimquisition

9 / 10

“Cronos: The New Dawn is far and away the best work Bloober Team’s put out and a splendid survival horror game in its own right. What starts as a post-pandemic Dead Space cover version becomes its own brand of scary that conditions paranoia into its players with undeniable expertise. There's a great script to go with the A-grade psychological puppeteering, and the whole package deserves to be seen as a genre classic.”

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Eurogamer

by Kelsey Raynor

4 / 5

“Cronos: The New Dawn is Bloober Team's best original game yet. An immersive romp through a suffocating portrayal of 80s Poland, where your journey is far from what it first seems.”

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Game Informer

by Kyle Hilliard

7.75 / 10

“Cronos: The New Dawn has an excellent, thoughtful premise that feels dark and dangerous, but does a poor job of executing on its promising sci-fi ideas. A questionable religion born from trying to save the world in the face of a rampaging disease with clear parallels to the global pandemic we all recently experienced is great fodder for a story, but I was left shrugging my shoulders by the end. Thankfully, the gameplay, though familiar, offered plenty to pull me through the approximately 12-hour experience to see the end.”

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Cronos: The New Dawn System Requirements

Minimum

OS version

Windows 10 x64

CPU

Intel Core i5-8400F, Intel Core I5-8600K | Amd Ryzen 5 3600

Memory

16

GPU

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700-XT

DirectX

DirectX 12

Storage

50 GB

SoundCard

Windows compatible Audio Device

Recommended

OS version

Windows 10 x64

CPU

Intel Core i7-10700K | Amd Ryzen 5 3600X

Memory

16

GPU

NVIDIA® GeForce®RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon™ RX6800 -XT

DirectX

DirectX 12

Storage

50 GB

SoundCard

Windows compatible Audio Device

Languages Supported

Audio:
  • English
Text:
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Russian
  • Spanish (Spain)
  • Ukrainian

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