Cronos: The New Dawn is the next horror game from Bloober Team, the studio that developed the acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake.
First revealed during the Xbox Partner Preview showcase, Cronos is a third-person survival horror shooter in the same vein as Resident Evil 4, Alan Wake 2, and the Dead Space remake. A sci-fi affair through and through, Cronos takes place in a “time-warped nightmare of the future,” overrun by monsters known only as the Orphans.
Microsoft unveiled new gameplay for the survival horror title during their 2025 Xbox Game Showcase, providing another look at Cronos’ bleak world.
You’ll play as the Traveler, an agent tasked by The Collective, a mysterious organization with unknown motives, to move through time and rescue people from the past.
Cronos: The New Dawn release window
Cronos: The New Dawn is scheduled for release in fall 2025. This release window comes from Microsoft’s Xbox Game Showcase.
Cronos: The New Dawn is scheduled for release in the latter half of 2025.What platforms will Cronos: The New Dawn be on?
The studio has confirmed that the game will be released on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.
Trailers
Bloober released a combat deep-dive video for Cronos on June 23, 2025, detailing the numerous options players have at their disposal when taking on groups of hostile Orphans.
Crafting resources and prepping your loadout ahead of engagements will be key to success, according to the developer. Check out the video below.
A new trailer for Cronos was released on June 8, 2025. This footage provides further background information about the monstrous Orphans and their aggressive nature. The Traveler is depicted taking on numerous different Orphans with a variety of weapons.
A cinematic trailer was revealed during the Xbox Partner Preview on October 17, 2024, showing off some story details, characters, and even some gameplay.
Check out the official cinematic trailer below:
Story & Gameplay details
Cronos: The New Dawn is a third-person survival horror title set in a sci-fi universe underlined with time-travelling shenanigans.
You’ll play as the enigmatic Traveler, an individual employed by The Collective to confront the Orphans in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and venture back in time to rescue people who succumbed to the “Change.”
That term refers to an unknown event in the past that caused humans to mutate into Orphans, which can adapt to threats by merging to form entirely new threats. The Traveler can be seen utilizing numerous different weapons to fight the Orphans in the June 8 trailer.
Your key mission Cronos will be to retrieve long-dead persons of importance from the past by extracting their essence and bringing it forward in time.
Per the game’s Steam page, though, this process isn’t without its dangers. “The more essence 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.”
That about covers everything we know about Cronos: The New Dawn so far. As always, we’ll regularly update this article with all new information as and when it surfaces, so be sure to check back.
