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Cronos: The New Dawn

Third-person survival horror where burning bodies stops monsters from merging

Bloober Team · Published by Bloober Team SA · Released Sep 5, 2025

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Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 8,265
Recent reviews
Very Positive
86% of 241 in 30 days
Players
145
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 day ago
Oct 27, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 1080
16 GB RAM · 30 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Cronos: The New Dawn?

A single-player, third-person survival horror game set between a devastated future and 1980s Poland. You scavenge supplies, shoot monsters, and manipulate time anomalies to clear blocked routes. As a Traveler working for the Collective, you search for time rifts to reach people in the past and extract their souls.

For you if...

  • +you like difficult combat that demands careful resource management
  • +you enjoy bleak science fiction with a focus on story

Not for you if...

  • −you want cooperative play rather than a solo campaign

What players say

86% of 8,265 reviews are positive · 86% of 241 in the last 30 days

Players praise the atmosphere, visual design, and story. Recent complaints focus on the campaign dragging on and repetitive fights against enemies that take too many shots to kill.

Screenshots and trailer

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Cronos: The New Dawn system requirements

Minimum: GTX 1080, 16 GB RAM, 30 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 x64
Processor
Intel Core i5-8400F, Intel Core I5-8600K | Amd Ryzen 5 3600
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080, or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700-XT, or Intel® Arc™ A770
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 x64
Processor
Intel Core i7-10700K | Amd Ryzen 5 3600X
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce®RTX 3080, or AMD Radeon™ RX6800 -XT, or Intel® Arc™ B580 (allows for gameplay in 1080p)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Cronos: The New Dawn have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Cronos: The New Dawn run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
47
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, HDR
Languages
Full audio: English, Traditional Chinese. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does Cronos: The New Dawn use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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