Cronos: The New Dawn is an adventure developed by Bloober Team, released 5 September 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Linux. The main story takes about 17.8 hrs to finish.
What Cronos: The New Dawn is
Cronos: The New Dawn is an adventure game developed by Bloober Team and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cronos: The New Dawn is a 2025 survival horror game developed and published by Bloober Team. The game was released for Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 5 September 2025, to generally positive reviews from critics. By 26 November 2025, it had sold 500,000 units.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Cronos: The New Dawn holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 67 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30.8 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400F, Intel Core I5-8600K | Amd Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080, or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700-XT, or Intel® Arc™ A770. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹3,299.00 (about $34.61), while UAE pays AED 249.00 — 2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 45 on Steam, which is about $44.99.
What it launched against
Cronos: The New Dawn launched on 5 September 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f and Hell is Us. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cronos: The New Dawn yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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