Chronos: Before the Ashes
Action RPG where every death ages your character a year
Gunfire Games, THQ Nordic · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Dec 1, 2020
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 617
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 5 years ago
- Jan 23, 2021
Metacritic: 77/100 (critic reviews)
What is Chronos: Before the Ashes?
In this single-player action RPG, you explore a labyrinth and fight with weapons and powers to save your homeland from a great evil. Your character's strengths shift from speed and agility toward magic as they grow older.
For you if...
- +you enjoy solving puzzles and backtracking to find useful items
Not for you if...
- −you want cooperative play or a loot-focused shooter
What players say
63% of 617 reviews are positive
Players praise the connections to Remnant's lore. Combat draws mixed reactions: some appreciate the duels, while many criticize clunky controls and restrictive animations. Players also report that achievements tied to an unavailable New Game Plus mode remain unobtainable.
Screenshots and trailer
Chronos: Before the Ashes system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Chronos: Before the Ashes?
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- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
- Processor
- AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
- Processor
- AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Chronos: Before the Ashes have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Chronos: Before the Ashes run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- 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
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean. Text only: Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese.
Does Chronos: Before the Ashes 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
