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{{Infobox video game
| title      = Cronos: The New Dawn
| image      = Cronos The New Dawn cover art.png
| developer  = [[Bloober Team]]
| publisher  = Bloober Team
| director   = {{ubl|Wojciech Piejko|Jacek Zięba}}
| producer   = {{ubl|Kacper Michalski|Jacek Zięba}}
| designer   = Wojciech Piejko
| programmer = {{ubl|Mariusz Szaflik|Jan Ambroziak}}
| artist     = {{ubl|Grzegorz Siemczuk|Iwo Widuliński}}
| writer     = {{ubl|Grzegorz Like|Dawid Barański}}
| composer   = Arkadiusz Reikowski
| engine     = [[Unreal Engine 5]]
| platforms  = {{ubl|[[Linux]]|[[Nintendo Switch 2]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Windows]]|[[Xbox Series X/S]]|}}
| released   = 5 September 2025
| genre      = [[Survival horror]]
| modes      = [[Single-player]]
}}
'''''Cronos: The New Dawn''''' is a 2025 [[survival horror|survival horror game]] developed and published by [[Bloober Team]]. The game was released for [[Linux]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cronos: The New Dawn releases today - Steam Deck Verified with Linux support |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-releases-today-steam-deck-verified-with-linux-support/ |date=2025-09-05 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref> [[Nintendo Switch 2]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Windows]], and [[Xbox Series X/S]] on 5 September 2025, to generally positive reviews from critics. By 26 November 2025, it had sold 500,000 units.

== Gameplay ==
''Cronos: The New Dawn'' is a [[survival horror]] game played from a [[Third-person (video games)|third-person perspective]]. The player character, the Traveler, can use both melee abilities and a variety of firearms such as [[pistol]]s and [[shotgun]]s to defeat enemies. If defeated enemies are not properly disposed by using fire, a surviving enemy can merge with the undead corpses, absorbing their abilities and becoming more powerful in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/bloober-has-found-its-feet-with-cronos-the-new-dawn-its-survival-horror-follow-up-to-silent-hill-2|title=Bloober has found its feet with Cronos: The New Dawn, its survival horror follow-up to Silent Hill 2|first=Ed|last=Nightingale|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=April 17, 2025|accessdate=April 17, 2025}}</ref>

==Plot==
===Premise===
''Cronos: The New Dawn'' follows the Traveler, who works as an agent for an enigmatic organization known as the Collective to serve in a mission known as the Vocation. The Traveler must survive the dangers of a post-apocalyptic wasteland to find points that allow them to [[time travel|travel back in time]] to Poland in the 1980s in order to extract selected people who did not survive the Change, a cataclysmic event that turned humans into monsters known as "Orphans".<ref>{{cite web |last=Lyons |first=Ben |date=October 17, 2024 |title=Bloober Team's next project is a twisted time travel story set in post-apocalyptic 1980s Poland |url=https://www.gamereactor.eu/bloober-teams-next-project-is-a-twisted-time-travel-story-set-in-post-apocalyptic-1980s-poland-1444923/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108043616/https://www.gamereactor.eu/bloober-teams-next-project-is-a-twisted-time-travel-story-set-in-post-apocalyptic-1980s-poland-1444923/ |archive-date=November 8, 2024 |accessdate=March 21, 2025 |work=Gamereactor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Iain |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Travel through time rifts to search for survivors in sci-fi survival horror Cronos: The New Dawn |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/survival-horror/travel-through-time-rifts-to-search-for-survivors-in-sci-fi-survival-horror-cronos-the-new-dawn/ |accessdate=March 21, 2025 |work=[[GamesRadar]]}}</ref>

===Synopsis===
Traveler ND-3576 is awakened from hibernation to continue the Collective's work of saving humans from the Change. She takes on a mission to extract an individual named Edward Wiśniewski, using a Dive to travel back in time to when Edward was still alive to extract his Essence so it can be uploaded to the Collective through "Ascendance". During the Ascendance process, Edward's consciousness communicates with the Traveler and says he is convinced the Change was caused by government experimentation. The Ascendance Terminal suddenly malfunctions, but the Traveler is saved from death by the Warden, another Traveler whose role is to oversee the work of the Collective. While the Warden works to repair the Terminal, the Traveler is assigned a mission to collect the Essence of Artur Baryka, a friend of Edward's. 

The Traveler heads to the Steelworks to initiate another Dive and encounters Dr. Weronika Kamiński, who arrived to the Steelworks with Artur to search for his brother, Gabriel. Weronika flees, and the Traveler corners Artur in the foreman's office with an infected Gabriel, who is undergoing a mutation into an Orphan. Artur blames the Traveler and her kind for bringing the Change from the future, and says that Gabriel had met a Traveler before. The Traveler then has a choice to collect either Artur or Gabriel's Essence.  

In the Terminal, the Traveler converses with their chosen target as they explain that a Traveler was captured by the military and the Change occurred shortly after their arrival. The Traveler sets Dr. Dawid Zybert, the man in charge of examining this other Traveler, to be her next target and heads to the hospital. Diving to the past, the Traveler encounters Weronika again and discovers that Zybert has already transformed into an Orphan. She extracts Zybert's Essence to learn what remains of his mind while Weronika reveals the other Traveler, the "Pathfinder", was originally supposed to extract her Essence but decided not to. 

The Traveler begins experiencing hallucinations and pain from containing the Essences inside her for too long. She talks with Zybert's Essence, who reveals that he hid the Pathfinder away in a remote abbey overseen by his daughter Eliza to protect him, and that he believes the Change was always lying dormant within the earth. The Warden explains a Pathfinder is a special type of Traveler designed to open the Rifts they use for time travel, which means his knowledge could allow them to fully repair the Terminal and remove the Essences. The Traveler heads to the abbey and defeats Eliza, who has become an Orphan, but finds the Pathfinder already dead. Accessing his memories, the Pathfinder's last message states he had lost faith in the Collective and Vocation and had done his best to sabotage their efforts to extract Weronika's Essence. Noticing the Pathfinder and the Warden share the same designation number, the Traveler carries the Pathfinder's corpse back to the Terminal where she is shocked to find Weronika's corpse. 

It is revealed that the Traveler herself is the result of an experiment by the Pathfinder to transfer Weronika's Essence into a Traveler's body, having grown close to her during his time in the past. The Warden is actually the Pathfinder, who transferred his consciousness into a different body to stay hidden from the Collective. Furious that the Traveler hasn't developed into a perfect copy of Weronika as he had hoped, the Pathfinder returns to his original body and travels back in time to repeat his experiment from the beginning. The Traveler follows and battles the Pathfinder, ultimately defeating him. Weronika appears, having been brought there by the Pathfinder, stating she wants to help him find a way to save humanity. The Traveler insists he cannot be allowed to live so that Weronika doesn't suffer the fate she did. The game then has multiple endings depending on the player's choice. 

If the Traveler spares the Pathfinder, both he and Weronika travel to the future, leaving the Traveler behind. However, his memory is damaged in the crossing and Weronika starts to mutate into an Orphan, forcing the Pathfinder to extract her Essence and start his experiment all over again.

If the Traveler kills the Pathfinder, she uses the Pathfinder's tech to open a new Rift for Weronika to enter before dying. Weronika enters the Rift and is sent back to shortly before the Change occurs. She arrives at Edward's apartment seeking help, where it's revealed that she is carrying the Change infection.

If completed on [[New Game Plus|New Game+]], the Traveler realizes that they have experienced the game's events before and that the cycle will continue infinitely. Weronika's Essence will always be extracted into a Traveler's body, leading to the confrontation with the Pathfinder, only for the past Weronika to become infected, have her Essence extracted, and start the loop again. The Pathfinder accepts this as his fault and sends Weronika into the Rift with the Traveler to break the cycle. Some time later, a Traveler pod opens as the Traveler's hand reaches in to welcome an unseen person as "Weronika".

==Development==
''Cronos: The New Dawn'' was developed by [[Bloober Team]]. Development of the game began in late 2021, with the team working on ''[[The Medium (video game)|The Medium]]'' being assigned to work on ''Cronos''. Bloober Team chose to make a [[science fiction]] horror game because they were also working on [[Silent Hill 2 (2024 video game)|a remake of ''Silent Hill 2'']], which featured more grounded themes. The game features a retrofuturistic setting, with the team comparing it to ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]'' and the older ''[[Star Wars]]'' films. "New Dawn" is the starting gameplay area in ''Cronos'', and its design was inspired by [[Kraków]] during the communist rule in the 1980s.<ref name="GBolt interview"/> The setting was based on [[brutalist architecture]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/survival-horror/bloobers-new-sci-fi-horror-game-looks-like-silent-hill-2-meets-alien-the-retrofuturistic-gorefest-ive-always-dreamed-of/|title=Bloober's new sci-fi horror game looks like Silent Hill 2 meets Alien, the retrofuturistic gorefest I've always dreamed of|first=Ashley|last=Bardhan|work=[[GamesRadar]]|date=December 21, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025|archive-date=January 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106151345/https://www.gamesradar.com/games/survival-horror/bloobers-new-sci-fi-horror-game-looks-like-silent-hill-2-meets-alien-the-retrofuturistic-gorefest-ive-always-dreamed-of/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team was inspired by a number of films and television series, such as ''[[12 Monkeys]]'', ''[[Dark (TV series)|Dark]]'', and ''[[Annihilation (film)|Annihilation]]''.<ref name="IGN interview"/> [[Body horror]] inspired the game's enemy design, and ''[[The Thing (1982 film)|The Thing]]'' was cited by the team as a source of inspiration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/bloober-shares-new-cronos-the-new-dawn-details-unveils-open-world-survival-horror-i-hate-this-place|title=Bloober shares new Cronos: The New Dawn details, unveils open-world survival horror I Hate This Place|first=Matt|last=Wales|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=March 20, 2025|accessdate=March 21, 2025}}</ref> The team considered ''Cronos'' as a narrative-driven game, one that tells "an intimate story about people and characters".<ref name="IGN interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/cronos-the-new-dawn-interview-what-silent-hill-2-remake-developer-bloober-team-is-doing-next|title=Cronos: The New Dawn Interview - What Silent Hill 2 Remake Developer Bloober Team Is Doing Next|first=Ryan|last=Dinsdale|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 25, 202r|accessdate=March 21, 2025}}</ref> The game is developed using [[Unreal Engine 5]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore the UE5 features used in ‘Cronos: The New Dawn’ |url=https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/developer-interviews/cronos-the-new-dawn-is-set-to-deliver-pulse-pounding-survival-horror-using-ue5 |website=Unreal Engine}}</ref> 

Following the release of ''The Medium'', the studio wanted to pursue a larger project and move on from making adventure games to something more gameplay-focused.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/silent-hill-2-remake-dev-bloober-team-knew-it-had-to-evolve-after-releasing-the-medium|title=Silent Hill 2 Remake Dev Bloober Team Knew It Had to Evolve After Releasing The Medium|first=Ryan|last=Dinsdale|work=[[IGN]]|date=October 21, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025}}</ref> In 2023, Bloober Team's co-founder, Piotr Babieno, announced that the studio will stop making [[psychological horror]] games and transition to making "mass-market horror" games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/how-bloober-is-following-silent-hill-2-with-its-first-original-survival-horror-cronos-the-new-dawn|title=How Bloober is following Silent Hill 2 with its first original survival horror, Cronos: The New Dawn|first=Ed|last=Nightingale|work=[[Eurogamer]]|date=October 21, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025|archive-date=December 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225212607/https://www.eurogamer.net/how-bloober-is-following-silent-hill-2-with-its-first-original-survival-horror-cronos-the-new-dawn|url-status=live}}</ref> Gameplay wise, the game was inspired by ''[[Dead Space]]'' and ''[[Alan Wake]]'', both of which feature unique combat mechanics which encourage players to be strategic while fighting against enemies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/11/bloobers-cronos-the-new-dawn-inspired-by-dead-space-alan-wake-mechanics|title=Bloober's Cronos: The New Dawn Inspired by Dead Space, Alan Wake Mechanics|first=Khayl|last=Adam|work=[[Push Square]]|date=November 29, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025}}</ref> Co-director Jacek Zięba added that, in terms of gameplay, the game was "more ''[[Resident Evil]]'' and less ''[[Silent Hill]]''".<ref name="GBolt interview">{{cite web|url=https://gamingbolt.com/cronos-the-new-dawn-interview-story-setting-combat-and-more|title=Cronos: The New Dawn Interview – Story, Setting, Combat, and More|first=Shubhankar|last=Parijat|work=GamingBolt|date=January 9, 2025|accessdate=March 21, 2025|archive-date=January 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117135129/https://gamingbolt.com/cronos-the-new-dawn-interview-story-setting-combat-and-more|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Release ==
[[Private Division]] was originally set to publish ''Cronos: The New Dawn'', though it dropped out of the deal in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/private-division-has-canceled-a-deal-for-bloober-teams-unannounced-survival-horror-project-c-but-the-mystery-game-from-the-silent-hill-2-remakers-might-not-be-dead-yet/|title=Private Division has canceled a deal for Bloober Team's unannounced survival horror 'Project C', but the mystery game from the Silent Hill 2 remakers might not be dead yet|first=Rick|last=Lane|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=May 31, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025|archive-date=January 16, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116210448/https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/private-division-has-canceled-a-deal-for-bloober-teams-unannounced-survival-horror-project-c-but-the-mystery-game-from-the-silent-hill-2-remakers-might-not-be-dead-yet/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespew.com/2024/10/bloober-teams-cancelled-project-c-is-cronos-the-new-dawn/|title=Bloober Team's 'cancelled' Project C is Cronos: The New Dawn|first=Kim|last=Sniath|date=October 18, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025|work=GameSpew}}</ref> In October 2024, the game was officially announced by Bloober Team, which will self-publish the game for [[PlayStation 5]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/bloober-team-announces-third-person-survival-horror-game-cronos-the-new-dawn-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc|title=Bloober Team announces third-person survival horror game Cronos: The New Dawn for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC|first=Sal|last=Romano|work=Gematsu|date=October 17, 2024|accessdate=March 21, 2025|archive-date=December 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226003759/https://www.gematsu.com/2024/10/bloober-team-announces-third-person-survival-horror-game-cronos-the-new-dawn-for-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2025, it was announced that [[Skybound Games]] would distribute the PlayStation 5 physical edition in North and South America.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn physical edition announced for PS5 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/06/cronos-the-new-dawn-physical-edition-announced-for-ps5 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Gematsu |language=en-US}}</ref> In Europe, the Middle East, and Australia [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] physical editions will be distributed by [[Bandai Namco Holdings|Bandai Namco Europe Entertainment S.A.S.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPI 18/2025 Zawarcie istotnej umowy licencyjno-dystrybucyjnej z Bandai Namco Europe Entertainment S.A.S. – Bloober Team IR |url=https://ir.blooberteam.com/report/espi-18-2025-zawarcie-istotnej-umowy-licencyjno-dystrybucyjnej-z-bandai-namco-europe-entertainment-s-a-s/ |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=ir.blooberteam.com}}</ref> The game's release date was announced alongside a [[Nintendo Switch 2]] version of the game during the July 2025 [[Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase]] presentation, with the Switch 2 version set for release alongside the other platforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=quence |date=2025-07-31 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn comes to Switch 2 Sep. 5th, 2025 |url=https://gonintendo.com/contents/51295-cronos-the-new-dawn-comes-to-switch-2-sep-5th-2025 |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=GoNintendo |language=en}}</ref>

''Cronos: The New Dawn'' was released for [[Linux]], [[Nintendo Switch 2]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[Windows]], and [[Xbox Series X/S]] on 5 September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joy |first=Justin |date=2025-07-31 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Release Date Accidentally Leaked Early |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/cronos-the-new-dawn-release-date-accidentally-leaked/ |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cripe |first=Michael |date=2025-07-31 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Confirms Bloober Horror for Nintendo Switch 2 Alongside September Release Date |url=https://nordic.ign.com/cronos-the-new-dawn/97205/news/cronos-the-new-dawn-confirms-bloober-horror-for-nintendo-switch-2-alongside-september-release-date |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=IGN Nordic |language=en-se}}</ref>

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = (NS2) 75/100<ref name="MCNS2">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cronos-the-new-dawn/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch-2 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn for Nintendo Switch 2 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=10 September 2025}}</ref><br>(PC) 76/100<ref name="MCPC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cronos-the-new-dawn/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Cronos: The New Dawn for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=10 September 2025}}</ref><br>(PS5) 77/100<ref name="MCPS5">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cronos-the-new-dawn/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-5 |title=Cronos: The New Dawn for PlayStation 5 Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref><br>(XSXS) 80/100<ref name="MCXSXS">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/cronos-the-new-dawn/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-series-x |title=Cronos: The New Dawn for Xbox Series X Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| OC = 77% recommend<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Cronos: The New Dawn'' |url=https://opencritic.com/game/19035/cronos-the-new-dawn}}</ref>
| Destruct = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Vincent |first=Hadley |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-the-merging-of-ideas-leaves-me-torn/ |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review – The merging of ideas leaves me torn |website=[[Destructoid]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| EuroG = 4/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Raynor |first=Kelsey |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/cronos-the-new-dawn-review |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review - Bloober matures with a twisty psychological horror |website=[[Eurogamer]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| Fam = 8/10, 9/10, 7/10, 8/10{{efn|Each of the four reviewers in ''Famitsu'' [[Famitsu scores|scored]] the game on a ten-point scale.}}<ref name="Famitsu">{{cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|date=December 2, 2025|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2025/12/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1926|title=''Famitsu'' Review Scores: Issue 1926|website=Gematsu|access-date=December 3, 2025}}</ref>
| GI = 7.75/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Hilliard |first=Kyle |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://gameinformer.com/review/cronos-the-new-dawn/solid-survival-horror |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Review - Solid Survival Horror |website=[[Game Informer]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Delaney |first=Mark |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-the-iron-hurtin/1900-6418400/ |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Review - The Iron Hurtin' |website=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| GRadar = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Bardhan |first=Ashley |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/survival-horror/cronos-the-new-dawn-review/ |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review: "An unabashed mash-up of survival horror greatest hits, from Dead Space to Silent Hill, with plenty of its own gory ideas" |website=[[GamesRadar]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| HCG = 4/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Wells |first=Cory |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/review-cronos-the-new-dawn/ |title=Review: Cronos: The New Dawn |website=Hardcore Gamer |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| IGN = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ogilvie |first=Tristan |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/cronos-the-new-dawn-review |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Review |website=[[IGN]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 58/100<ref>{{cite web |last=Gould |first=Elie |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/horror/cronos-the-new-dawn-review/ |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review |website=[[PC Gamer]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| PSQ = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Bayne |first=Aaron |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/cronos-the-new-dawn |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Review (PS5) |website=[[Push Square]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| SN = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Denzer |first=TJ |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/145761/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-score |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review: A timely new horror |website=[[Shacknews]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
| TG = 2/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Holland |first=Luke |date=10 September 2025 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/sep/10/cronos-the-new-dawn-review-survival-horror-is-dead-on-arrival |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review – survival horror is dead on arrival |website=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=10 September 2025}}</ref>
| VGC = 3/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Scullion |first=Chris |date=3 September 2025 |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/review/cronos-the-new-dawn/ |title=Cronos: The New Dawn review: Bloober Team's latest travels back to the past, in more ways than one |website=[[Video Games Chronicle]] |accessdate=3 September 2025}}</ref>
}}

''Cronos: The New Dawn'' received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to [[review aggregator]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="MCNS2"/><ref name="MCPC"/><ref name="MCPS5"/><ref name="MCXSXS"/>

=== Sales ===
Within the first three days of its release, ''Cronos: The New Dawn'' reportedly sold over 200,000 digital units, according to Alinea Analytics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinha |first=Ravi |title=Cronos: The New Dawn Sold Over 200,000 Digital Copies at Launch |url=https://gamingbolt.com/cronos-the-new-dawn-sold-over-200000-digital-copies-at-launch |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=GamingBolt |language=en-US}}</ref> On 30 September 2025, Bloober Team announced that the game had sold 200,000 units by 8 September.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloober's 'Cronos' Team Already on New Project, Separate From Silent Hill 1 Remake |url=https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/bloober-cronos-team-new-project-separate-from-silent-hill-1-remake/ |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=This Week in Videogames |language=en-US}}</ref> On 26 November, Bloober Team announced that the game had sold 500,000 units.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cronos: The New Dawn has sold 500,000 units - IG News|url=https://news.instant-gaming.com/en/articles/16316-cronos-the-new-dawn-has-sold-500-000-units|website=Instant Gaming News|date=2025-11-26|access-date=2025-11-27}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
The game was nominated for Best Audio Design at the [[Golden Joystick Awards]] 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Rhiannon |date=2025-11-20 |title=All Of The Winners At The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/golden-joystick-awards-2025-all-winners/ |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{official website|https://cronosnewdawn.com/}}

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[[Category:Video games with multiple endings]]

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