Cronos The New Dawn Launches as a Time-Travel Survival Horror

Bloober Team released Cronos The New Dawn on September 5, 2025, a third person survival horror game that sends players into a postapocalyptic future and back in time to 1980s Poland as a Traveller hunting rifts and extracting targets for an organization known as the Collective. The singleplayer game is available at launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC, runs on Unreal Engine 5 and carries a Mature rating for intense violence, blood and gore and strong language.

Set after an event called The Change, Cronos combines exploration, resource management and time travel. Players move between a Terminal hub and dive points in ruined urban environments to complete extraction objectives while scavenging for scarce ammo, crafting materials and upgrade currency. Reviewers have compared its atmosphere and mechanics to Dead Space and recent Resident Evil titles, and Bloober Team said the global release occurred at staggered local times after a preview window for Deluxe Edition owners.

Difficulty is fixed at present. Players cannot change the overall challenge level, so guides and early players advise adapting rather than relying on settings. Practical...