Current version:PlayStation 5
Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Bloober Team. It centers on story, case, or mission progress, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.

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About this game

Cronos: The New Dawn is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on story, case, or mission progress, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.

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8.0 / 10PlayStation 5

Atmosphere and mystery rise above conservative survival combat.

Cronos makes fallen enemies part of the next decision. Burning a body consumes fuel but prevents a stronger merger, while charged shots and limited inventory encourage efficient encounters. Optional routes and steady upgrades give exploration a practical purpose. Its strongest identity comes from brutalist Polish architecture, environmental records and an electronic soundscape that support the time-travel mystery. Shooting is more familiar, and relentless enemies often force engagement instead of allowing avoidance. The explicit base-PS5 test reports noticeable drops when multiple enemies and effects coincide, limiting combat continuity. These are explicitly historical platform observations. The balance favours patient resource planning rather than the constant aggression of a conventional action shooter.

Strengths

  • Bodies and limited resources influence combat decisions.
  • Architecture and sound create a distinctive mystery.

Weaknesses

  • Familiar combat and unavoidable encounters limit variety.

Who it is for: Players seeking tense science-fiction survival horror.

Play notes: Based on September 2025 gameplay evidence. PS5 uses base-console testing; the obsolete Switch 2 docking-crash allegation is excluded.

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Upgrades and optional routes sustain progress, with later repetition and unavoidable fights reducing variety.

Reviewed7.8 / 10Not provided
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Burning bodies and charging shots create consequences, though the shooting remains mechanically conservative.

Reviewed8.0 / 10Not provided
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Architecture, sound and environmental records make the time-travel mystery more distinctive than its combat.

Reviewed9.0 / 10Not provided
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Direct base-PS5 evidence reports busy-fight drops that disrupt combat continuity.

Reviewed7.1 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Bloober Team
Publisher
Bloober Team
Release date
Sep 5, 2025
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
ExplorationMain Story 10–20 HoursStory-drivenInvestigationHorror3D GraphicsSlow BurnThird PersonPuzzle SolvingSolo-friendlyLinear Levels
Supported game languages
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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Age ratings
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Play modes
Single player
Perspectives
Third person

Release editions

Sources

  • cronosnewdawn.sega.jp