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Cronos: The New Dawn

A crisp, honest look at whether it’s fun—so you can decide fast if it’s worth buying on Steam.

  • Tight, session-based runs
  • Build choices with real impact
  • Quick power spikes & feedback
  • Easy to start, hard to master

Core Gameplay

Cronos: The New Dawn leans into short, replayable runs where you clear waves, draft upgrades, and chase powerful synergies. The gameplay loop in Cronos: The New Dawn is clear: survive, level, evolve—repeat.

Each level-up offers branching choices that reshape your build. The satisfaction comes from finding combos that explode in power, then piloting them through escalating pressure.

Difficulty scales briskly but fairly in Cronos: The New Dawn. RNG influences item drops, yet smart routing—positioning, resource timing, objective prioritization—lets skill outplay bad rolls.

First 30 Minutes of Cronos: The New Dawn

  1. Pick a forgiving starter kit in Cronos: The New Dawn. Favor early sustain or crowd control.
  2. Set a 2-run goal in Cronos: The New Dawn. Run 1: learn enemy rhythms. Run 2: commit to one synergy path.
  3. Draft with a purpose. Stack multipliers; avoid unfocused hybrids.
  4. Route safely. Learn arena “lanes”, kite to funnel spawns, don’t panic dash.
  5. Common pitfalls. Over-greeding XP, ignoring move speed, chasing low-impact rares.

Media

CRONOS: THE NEW DAWN All Cutscenes (Full Game Movie) 4K 60FPS Ultra HD

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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.

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. This intense survival horror game challenges players with its unique time-travel mechanics.

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 in Cronos: The New Dawn 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.

In a desolate world filled with ever-present danger, your survival in Cronos: The New Dawn 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.

The creatures you kill in Cronos: The New Dawn 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.

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.

Cronos: The New Dawn Mature Content Description

This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content.

Compare Cronos: The New Dawn to Similar Games

Feature Cronos: The New Dawn Vampire Survivors 20 Minutes Till Dawn
Session length 10–25 min (Cronos: The New Dawn target) 10–30 min 10–20 min
Pace & intensity Fast, spike-driven Crescendo swarms Steady pressure
Build expression High (Cronos: The New Dawn synergy-focused) High Medium–High
Learning curve Easy to start Very approachable Approachable
Content scope TBD Large Medium

Cronos: The New Dawn System Requirements

Component Minimum
Requires 64-bit processor and OS
OS Windows 10 x64
Processor Intel Core i5-8400F, Intel Core i5-8600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory 16 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, or Intel Arc A770
DirectX Version 12
Storage 30 GB available space
Sound Card Windows compatible Audio Device
Component Recommended
Requires 64-bit processor and OS
OS Windows 10 x64
Processor Intel Core i7-10700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Memory 16 GB RAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, or Intel Arc B580 (allows for gameplay in 1080p)
DirectX Version 12
Storage 30 GB available space
Sound Card Windows compatible Audio Device

SteamOS + Linux support for Cronos: The New Dawn: not specified. Check Steam for updates.