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Cronos: The New Dawn
By Bloober Team, released 1 Jan 2025
- Microsoft Windows
- Xbox Series X and Series S
What it is
Cronos: The New Dawn is a survival horror game from Bloober Team, set across a ruined future and 1980s-era Poland. You play a Traveler working for the enigmatic Collective, searching the wasteland for time rifts that lead to the past and help uncover the origins of the apocalypse. The journey links two eras: a future shaped by catastrophe and a Poland facing a world-changing event called The Change.
Survival depends on planning as well as combat. You scavenge for resources to replenish limited ammunition and supplies, use temporal Anomalies to clear paths, and fight abominations formed from human remnants. Enemies may return after being killed, so defeating them is only part of the problem. The game is single-player and lists Steam Achievements, full controller support, Steam Cloud, HDR availability and Family Sharing among its features. It is listed for Windows, macOS and Linux on Steam, with Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X|S also listed among its platforms.
What players like, and what they don't
- Single-player survival horror campaign
- Temporal Anomalies can clear paths
- Scavenge to replenish limited supplies
- Full controller support and Steam Cloud
- Ammunition and supplies are limited
- Enemies can return after being killed
Who it suits
It suits solo players looking for survival horror built around resource scavenging, tactical fights and a story moving between a devastated future and the past.
Cronos: The New Dawn centers its horror on preparation, scarce resources and persistent threats. Its time-rift premise connects the wasteland survival challenge to the history of the apocalypse.
