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Cronos: The New Dawn

Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.

What works

  • Engaging survival horror gameplay
  • Intriguing story and worldbuilding
  • Atmospheric visuals and sound design
  • Challenging combat with strategic depth
  • Good replayability with new game+

Things to keep in mind

  • Performance issues and stuttering reported
  • Limited enemy variety
  • Inventory management can be frustrating
  • Story ending and dialogue pacing criticized
  • Lack of difficulty settings

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Total Chaos

  • Resident Evil

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Fear The Timeloop

  • The Evil Within

  • Dead Space

More relaxing

Games that feels like Cronos: The New Dawn but with a more relaxing feel

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider™

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • Prey

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Observer: System Redux

  • Layers of Fear

  • DARQ: Complete Edition

  • The Medium

  • Blair Witch

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Swipe to compare nearby games with Cronos: The New Dawn. These titles are not in What to play next.

Cronos: The New Dawn: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026