Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn

Steam Deck Verified

Bloober Team · Survival Horror · Sep 5, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $59.99. It has been as low as $35.68.

88%
Very Positive
11k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 174 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 130 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 83 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 74 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 11k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise33% are divided42% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
First playthrough will take you a good amount of time and second playthrough (to get other ending) will take less time as its pretty scripted when enemies appear and you know where all the stuff is and puzzles to solve.
174 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are top notch and looks amazing.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Second con: The gunplay and weapon sound effects aren’t very good.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters174 reviews
Graphics78 reviews
Audio67 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay112 reviews
83%
Performance76 reviews
74%
Optimization36 reviews
69%
Steam Deck7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat130 reviews
81%
Interface83 reviews
84%
Difficulty74 reviews
82%
Crashes41 reviews
71%
Bugs11 reviews
64%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $35.68.

8 points recordedtoday · $59.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.