About the Game
Cronos: The New Dawn is a brutal third-person survival horror where you fight for the future by salvaging the past. Burn monsters before they merge. Extract souls from the living. Adapt or die.
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Set in a grim world where Eastern European brutalism meets retro-futurist technology, Cronos: The New Dawn lets you experience a gripping story that straddles the line between past and future.
In the past, you will witness a world in the throes of The Change, a cataclysmic event that forever altered humanity. Meanwhile, in the ravaged wastelands of the future, every moment is a fight for survival against dangerous abominations that will test both your reflexes and your tactical thinking.
You are a Traveler working for the enigmatic Collective, tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future in search of time rifts that will transport you to 1980s-era Poland.
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In a desolate world filled with ever-present danger, your survival hinges on your ability to strategize and plan ahead. The enemies you’ll encounter are nightmarish creatures, born from the remnants of humanity – defeating them will require you to make full use of your arsenal.
You can manipulate temporal Anomalies to clear a path through the desolate environment, and will have to scavenge for resources to replenish your limited ammo and supplies. Good preparation is key. Once in battle, split-second decisions can mean the difference between life
and death.
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The creatures you kill won’t stay dead for long. Fallen enemies can be absorbed by others — through a grotesque process called Merging — to become faster, tougher, and far deadlier.
The only way to stop them? Burn their bodies. And do it fast.
If you don’t, you’ll face ever-evolving abominations that will push your combat skills to their limits.
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Your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Harvester, you can extract their Essences and have them accompany you into the future.
But be wary: these essences have a profound impact on your journey.
The more you carry, the more haunted your suit becomes — increasing your prowess on the battlefield but also bringing with them whispers in your ear and flickers into your vision, edging you ever closer to madness.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
🔥 TEMPORAL DIVER (Easy Difficulty) Available!
Travelers! The Temporal Diver Mode (Easier Difficulty Option) is now available in Cronos: The New Dawn!
It’s designed for players who want to discover the mysteries of the game's intricate time travel story and experience its survival horror mechanics with less demanding combat.
The update is free and available for download RIGHT NOW!
Temporal Diver Mode is only selectable when starting a new game, alongside the game’s other difficulty modes, which we’ve renamed to be more in line with the atmosphere of New Dawn.
You can see a brief recap regarding all the modes that Cronos now has to offer below!
🔥 ALL MODES AVAILABLE IN CRONOS
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🔥 FREE IRON RIDER SKIN!
Our Temporal Diver mode release also aligns with the celebration of the Lunar New Year 🧧
For this occasion, we’ve prepared a brand-new skin: the Iron Rider Traveler with its flaming horse-inspired design 🔥
This armor is available for free and will give any new playthroughs a fresh coat of paint!
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🔥 CRONOS AVAILABLE WITH 30% DISCOUNT!
If have not yet experienced the world of Cronos: The New Dawn, you can snag the game for an unbeatable price right now!
Get our game for 30% off on Steam and other platforms.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn/
🔥 NEW BUNDLES WITH THRILLING HORROR TITLES!
Merging does not slow us down! We’ve teamed up with our friends from other studios and prepared several new bundles:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/66901/KARMA_The_Dark_World__Cronos_The_New_Dawn/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/66829/Crisol_Theater_of_Idols__Cronos_The_New_Dawn/
Dive in and see what catches your eye!
💜 JOIN THE COLLECTIVE ON DISCORD
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Suit up for the spooky season, fellow Travelers — true terror has landed in New Dawn… the Pumpkin Head! 🎃 🔥
Jump into Cronos and put on the free Traveler skin! The Pumpkin Head is available now on Steam!
WATCH PUMPKIN HEAD - HALLOWEEN SKINS REVEAL VIDEO
🎃 FREE SKIN FOR PC USERS:
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🔥 Grab Cronos: The New Dawn with a 15% discount during Steam Scream Fest!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn/
🎮 Play Free Steam Demo!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3870690/Cronos_The_New_Dawn__Demo/
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Travelers!
Another update fixing various issues you’ve encountered in Cronos: The New Dawn is now ready for download!
Please update your game to version 326654 to enjoy an improved experience in our survival horror game.
In this new patch, we’ve focused on removing critical issues and blockers reported by players, improving optimization, adding several quality-of-life enhancements, and fixing a long list of minor issues.
Let our work continue!
You can find the full patch notes below:
📌 PATCHNOTES
You can check game version in main menu:
PC/Steam ver. "326654"
📒 Critical Issues Fixed
- Fixed an issue where gates might not open after finishing the cemetery encounter and enabling the generator;
- Fixed an issue where NG+ Hard mode would not unlock Chimera skin;
- Fixed an issue where rerouter nails didn’t unload and caused issues with audio;
- Fixed an issue where rerouter nails might disappear after loading a game;
- Fixed an issue where player could walk through under a closed barricade on the road to church;
- Fixed an issue where after Eliza bossfight player could get stuck unable to attack and walking backwards;
- Fixed an issue where biomass would not display any vfx when being burned after loading a save;
- Fixed an unexpected crash when shooting a nail out of rerouter;
- Fixed an unexpected crash on player’s movement;
- Fixed an issue where dialogue between Zybert and Eliza was not hearable next to a phone booth;
- Fixed an issue where Chubby Doppel can despawn in front of players eyes in Factory Zone when coming back to the area after acquiring gravity boots;
- Fixed an issue where brothers cutscene might crash unexpectedly;
- Fixed an issue where cats animation could glitch during movement;
- Fixed an issue where uncharged regenerative barrels might appear as regular barrels from afar;
- Fixed an issue where it was possible for doppelgangers to not spot player in scripted sequences causing them to wander aimlessly;
- Fixed an issue where loading a save at centipede nest would cause optional chubby to spawn even if he was defeated previously;
- Fixed an issue where if optional chubby encounter was skipped then later on he wouldn’t play the scripted sequence of breaking a pillar;
- Fixed an issue where player might’ve got stuck on gravity platforms in Factory Zone;
- Fixed an issue where repeatedly opening interactions requiring items caused the interaction icon to disappear;
- Fixed an issue where subtitles were not properly displayed during one of the optional dialogues with Warden;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger might get stuck in tentacles and not absorb dead bodies;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger would stop seeing the player even if it had a clear line of sight.
📒Minor Issues Fixed
- Fixed an issue where some languages had unwanted characters at the end of splash screen text;
- Fixed an issue where multiple audio event would play at once when loading a save game after Hidden Facility Bossfight;
- Fixed an issue where some languages had formatting issues in soul descriptions in database;
- Fixed multiple places where player could get stuck when using stomp;
- Fixed clipping issues with warden’s cape;
- Fixed an issue where in pathfinder carrying sequence, blocked weapon switch icon would not appear;
- Fixed an issue where chubby doppel could get stuck on certain objects;
- Fixed an issue where characters could glitch for a couple of frames during cutscenes;
- Fixed an issue where explosive barrels would not cause blood splashes from enemies;
- Fixed an issue where a couple of frames of gameplay camera would be visible during the Pod cutscene;
- Fixed an issue where enemies standing up after being knocked down would happen to fast;
- Fixed an issue with textures on enemy scanner weapon attachment;
- Fixed an issue where sitting enemies would stand on bed when standing up;
- Fixed an issue where skipping the first cutscene would cause the audio events to play in the background;
- Fixed an issue where fears could start spinning around and get stuck;
- Fixed an issue where objective would not update when entering church main square;
- Fixed an issue where beacons wouldn’t light up in church zone;
- Fixed an issue that could cause player to get stuck after petting cats in the cat hub;
- Fixed an issue where enemy might shake when walking out of biomass spawner;
- Fixed an issue that enemy could glide away from the player if it performed unreacheable behaviour;
- Fixed an issue where church puzzle statues wouldn’t be highlighted;
- Improved on traveler model in centipede nest that looked very low poly;
- Fixed an issue where cat could have their heads wiggle;
- Fixed an issue where hint ribbons would detach from anomaly objects;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger might get stuck if trying to perform merge with a body on a different floor;
- Fixed an issue that could cause camera clipping if player received damage when petting a cat;
- Fixed inconsistent audio events in menus;
- Fixed an issue where enemy scanner would shine red light during cutscenes;
- Fixed an issue where soul perks would remain on weapon slot UI even after the weapon was unequipped;
- Fixed multiple camera clipping spots;
- Fixed multiple issues with localization;
- Fixed multiple places where player could get stuck.
📒 Optimization
- Improved performance spikes when stomping on biomass;
- Improved performance spikes when stomping on enemies;
- Improved RT Performance;
- Improved performance spikes on streaming;
- Improved memory usage;
- Multiple overall GPU and CPU performance improvements.
📒 Quality of Life improvements
- Added sorting to travelog tab in database;
- Fixed an issue where a note with Isolation Zone Code would not loose highlight line after interacting with it;
- Cats collected during previous playthrough remain in database when starting NG+.
📒 Linux specific
- Fixed an issue where linux version had problems with enabling HDR.
SUCH IS OUR CALLING! 🫡
JOIN OUR DISCORD
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Travelers!
Another update fixing various issues you’ve encountered in Cronos: The New Dawn is now ready for download!
Please update your game to version 326654 to enjoy an improved experience in our survival horror game.
In this new patch, we’ve focused on removing critical issues and blockers reported by players, improving optimization, adding several quality-of-life enhancements, and fixing a long list of minor issues.
Let our work continue!
You can find the full patch notes below:
📌 PATCHNOTES
You can check game version in main menu:
PC/Steam ver. "326654"
📒 Critical Issues Fixed
- Fixed an issue where gates might not open after finishing the cemetery encounter and enabling the generator;
- Fixed an issue where NG+ Hard mode would not unlock Chimera skin;
- Fixed an issue where rerouter nails didn’t unload and caused issues with audio;
- Fixed an issue where rerouter nails might disappear after loading a game;
- Fixed an issue where player could walk through under a closed barricade on the road to church;
- Fixed an issue where after Eliza bossfight player could get stuck unable to attack and walking backwards;
- Fixed an issue where biomass would not display any vfx when being burned after loading a save;
- Fixed an unexpected crash when shooting a nail out of rerouter;
- Fixed an unexpected crash on player’s movement;
- Fixed an issue where dialogue between Zybert and Eliza was not hearable next to a phone booth;
- Fixed an issue where Chubby Doppel can despawn in front of players eyes in Factory Zone when coming back to the area after acquiring gravity boots;
- Fixed an issue where brothers cutscene might crash unexpectedly;
- Fixed an issue where cats animation could glitch during movement;
- Fixed an issue where uncharged regenerative barrels might appear as regular barrels from afar;
- Fixed an issue where it was possible for doppelgangers to not spot player in scripted sequences causing them to wander aimlessly;
- Fixed an issue where loading a save at centipede nest would cause optional chubby to spawn even if he was defeated previously;
- Fixed an issue where if optional chubby encounter was skipped then later on he wouldn’t play the scripted sequence of breaking a pillar;
- Fixed an issue where player might’ve got stuck on gravity platforms in Factory Zone;
- Fixed an issue where repeatedly opening interactions requiring items caused the interaction icon to disappear;
- Fixed an issue where subtitles were not properly displayed during one of the optional dialogues with Warden;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger might get stuck in tentacles and not absorb dead bodies;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger would stop seeing the player even if it had a clear line of sight.
📒Minor Issues Fixed
- Fixed an issue where some languages had unwanted characters at the end of splash screen text;
- Fixed an issue where multiple audio event would play at once when loading a save game after Hidden Facility Bossfight;
- Fixed an issue where some languages had formatting issues in soul descriptions in database;
- Fixed multiple places where player could get stuck when using stomp;
- Fixed clipping issues with warden’s cape;
- Fixed an issue where in pathfinder carrying sequence, blocked weapon switch icon would not appear;
- Fixed an issue where chubby doppel could get stuck on certain objects;
- Fixed an issue where characters could glitch for a couple of frames during cutscenes;
- Fixed an issue where explosive barrels would not cause blood splashes from enemies;
- Fixed an issue where a couple of frames of gameplay camera would be visible during the Pod cutscene;
- Fixed an issue where enemies standing up after being knocked down would happen to fast;
- Fixed an issue with textures on enemy scanner weapon attachment;
- Fixed an issue where sitting enemies would stand on bed when standing up;
- Fixed an issue where skipping the first cutscene would cause the audio events to play in the background;
- Fixed an issue where fears could start spinning around and get stuck;
- Fixed an issue where objective would not update when entering church main square;
- Fixed an issue where beacons wouldn’t light up in church zone;
- Fixed an issue that could cause player to get stuck after petting cats in the cat hub;
- Fixed an issue where enemy might shake when walking out of biomass spawner;
- Fixed an issue that enemy could glide away from the player if it performed unreacheable behaviour;
- Fixed an issue where church puzzle statues wouldn’t be highlighted;
- Improved on traveler model in centipede nest that looked very low poly;
- Fixed an issue where cat could have their heads wiggle;
- Fixed an issue where hint ribbons would detach from anomaly objects;
- Fixed an issue where doppelganger might get stuck if trying to perform merge with a body on a different floor;
- Fixed an issue that could cause camera clipping if player received damage when petting a cat;
- Fixed inconsistent audio events in menus;
- Fixed an issue where enemy scanner would shine red light during cutscenes;
- Fixed an issue where soul perks would remain on weapon slot UI even after the weapon was unequipped;
- Fixed multiple camera clipping spots;
- Fixed multiple issues with localization;
- Fixed multiple places where player could get stuck.
📒 Optimization
- Improved performance spikes when stomping on biomass;
- Improved performance spikes when stomping on enemies;
- Improved RT Performance;
- Improved performance spikes on streaming;
- Improved memory usage;
- Multiple overall GPU and CPU performance improvements.
📒 Quality of Life improvements
- Added sorting to travelog tab in database;
- Fixed an issue where a note with Isolation Zone Code would not loose highlight line after interacting with it;
- Cats collected during previous playthrough remain in database when starting NG+.
📒 Linux specific
- Fixed an issue where linux version had problems with enabling HDR.
SUCH IS OUR CALLING! 🫡
JOIN OUR DISCORD
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Travelers!
Cronos: The New Dawn just launched on Steam and consoles, receiving amazing scores from media, influencers, and players!
You can play the game now on Steam and dive into the first survival horror adventure by Bloober Team!
That’s not all! You can now get Cronos in special bundles with titles from our horror games catalogue!
Check out the full list of bundles:
🔥Cronos merged with The Medium 🕯️
Wield psychic powers and discover haunting secrets as you explore two realities at once in The Medium. Face your fears and adapt to the desolate world of Cronos: The New Dawn.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58598/Medium__Cronos/
🔥 Cronos merged with Observer: System Redux 🤖
True horror defies time. Traverse the past and future in Cronos: The New Dawn, then step into the shoes of a neural detective in Observer: System Redux. Two worlds filled with dread and suspense.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58599/Observer_System_Redux__Cronos/
🔥 Cronos merged with Layers of Fear 🖼️
Revisit the unsettling world of Layers of Fear, where artistic aspiration devolves into spiralling madness. Test your survival skills in Cronos: The New Dawn, facing off against grotesque enemies that can merge with each other.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/58601/Layers_of_Fear_2016__Cronos/
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Watch the Launch Trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn - our love letter to survival horror fans!
Experience visceral body horror, unpredictable combat scenarios, tense exploration, strategic resource management and ever-evolving enemies – all within a twisted time-travel story that will have you questioning the very nature of reality!
Such is our calling!
🔻 Watch the Launch Trailer!
🔻 Play the game in Steam Advanced Acces Now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101960/Cronos_The_New_Dawn/
🔻Pre-Order before September 5 to get The Medium for free!
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Current Release
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System Requirements
How to Install
setup.exe
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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21.8 GB
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