Cronos: The New Dawn
Explore a future wasteland and travel into the past in this third-person survival horror, scavenging limited supplies and burning fallen creatures before other enemies absorb them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.2 / 10
About this game
Cronos: The New Dawn follows a Traveler searching a ruined future for time rifts into 1980s Poland. Explore the wasteland, manipulate temporal anomalies to clear paths, and gather resources to replenish limited ammunition and supplies. The mission also involves finding key people in the past and using the Harvester to extract Essences that accompany you into the future. Combat extends beyond bringing an enemy down. Other creatures can absorb fallen bodies through Merging and become stronger threats, so burning those bodies prevents them from feeding that process. Exploration, replenishing supplies and dealing with the remains of a fight all form part of survival in a setting where Eastern European brutalist architecture meets retro-futurist technology.
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AI review
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A pointed premise for horror players who enjoy managing the consequences of a fight.
Merging could keep attention on fallen bodies as well as active enemies, making a defeated creature a continuing tactical concern. Limited supplies and scavenging suggest a better fit for players who enjoy preparing for danger than for those seeking uninterrupted shooting.
Strengths
- Preventing Merging could give post-kill decisions a meaningful place in combat.
- Time rifts offer an intriguing exploration premise for players interested in investigating a ruined future through its past.
Weaknesses
- The need to replenish limited supplies may interrupt the flow preferred by players seeking continuous firefights.
Who it is for: Survival-horror players interested in conserving supplies, managing enemy remains and exploring a time-travel premise.
Play notes: If you prefer treating a defeated enemy as a resolved threat, the possibility of its body strengthening another creature adds a different responsibility.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Scavenging supplies and clearing routes with temporal anomalies could appeal to players who want preparation and environmental exploration between confrontations. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension For players who enjoy managing a combat space, preventing bodies from feeding Merging could make the order and aftermath of engagements worth considering. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The pairing of brutalist architecture and retro-futurist technology could reinforce the time-displaced premise for players drawn to that visual contrast. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Nintendo Switch 2 performance across patch versions and TV or handheld play remains unverified. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Bloober Team
- Publisher
- Bloober Team
- Release date
- Sep 5, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Survival · Primary genre
- Tags
- Slow BurnLinear LevelsThird PersonInvestigationExplorationShootingStory-drivenReplayable3D GraphicsScience FictionPuzzle SolvingSolo-friendlyReal-time Combat
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 5, 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideSep 5, 2025
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Sources
- cronosnewdawn.sega.jpSource revision: 1
- cronosnewdawn.sega.jp