Cronos: The New Dawn - Switch 2

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Release Date: 9-5-2025
Critic Score (1-100): Not Availalbe
Genre(s): Action, Sci-fi / futuristic, Post-apocalyptic, Horror, Survival horror, Behind view, Direct control, Europe
Media Type(s): Physical

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.

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 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 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 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 is a third-person survival horror game. It combines action, exploration, and puzzle-solving with time travel mechanics. The game is set in the Nowa Huta district of Kraków, presented through a blend of Eastern European brutalism and retro-futurist design. Its narrative alternates between a devastated future wasteland and the 1980s, during an event known as The Change that reshaped humanity.

Players assume the role of a Traveler employed by the Collective, an organization seeking to recover key individuals lost during the apocalypse. The protagonist searches ruined environments for temporal rifts leading to the past, using a device called the Harvester to extract Essences from the dead. Carrying these Essences enhances combat effectiveness but introduces hallucinatory side effects, reflecting a trade-off between power and mental stability.

Gameplay emphasizes careful resource management, tactical combat, and environmental puzzles. Ammunition and healing supplies are scarce, requiring methodical planning before engagements. Enemies, known as Orphans, are mutated remnants of humans. Defeated foes can "merge" with nearby corpses to become faster and stronger unless burned quickly, encouraging efficient battlefield cleanup. Larger variants and bosses demand heavy use of ammunition and explosives.

Exploration mixes combat arenas with puzzle segments. Temporal anomalies allow players to alter landscapes, reconstructing bridges, rooftops, or platforms to advance. Gravity boots expand traversal by enabling wall- and ceiling-walking across fractured terrain.

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