After revolutionizing the survival horror genre with its Silent Hill 2 remake, Bloober Team continues its work and is releasing its new game, Cronos: The New Dawn, into Early Access on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. The physical version will arrive soon to satisfy users eager to have the company’s latest release on their shelves.
The game is presented as a third-person survival horror set in the ruins of a place known as New Dawn, inspired by Nowa Huta, a real historical district in Kraków, Poland. Considering that Bloober Team is a Kraków-based studio, it’s easy to imagine that they’ve invested a great deal of effort and knowledge into this project. The story takes place in two distinct time periods: a post-apocalyptic future in which the world has gone very wrong, and the present in the industrial era of the 1980s. The style offers a combination of retro realism, dystopian sci-fi, and a retro-futuristic atmosphere that promises surprises.
Early Access Begins — Step into the Ruins
Bloober Team invites players to descend into the unforgiving world of New Dawn with the launch of early access today for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Step into the hunting suit of The Traveler — an enigmatic agent of the Collective, sent into zones scarred by the Change, a cataclysmic event that shattered time, memory, and flesh. What remains is a world suspended between past and future — haunted, hostile, and unravelling. Survival is anything but certain.
Cross-Platform Digital Launch Sept. 5
The game will officially launch digitally across all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch 2 system, on Sept. 5 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. CEST. The Digital Deluxe Edition ($69.99), now available for preorder (Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S), provides 48-hour early access. This means that if you preorder the Deluxe Edition today, Sept. 3, you can start playing Cronos right away. It includes everything from the Digital Standard Edition plus additional:
- Bonus resources: handgun ammo, shotgun shells, energy packs
- Three exclusive Traveler skins
- Digital artbook and official soundtrack
Physical Editions ($59.99) for both PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, produced in partnership with Americas physical distributor Skybound Games, are also now available for pre-order at select retailers including GameStop and Amazon.
In addition to physical copies of the standard base game, these will include a unique Traveler skin and access to a cache of valuable digital supplies, along with a set of collectible physical stickers inspired by Cronos’ haunting world. In the Americas, the PlayStation 5 Physical Edition will be available Sept. 19 and the Nintendo Switch 2 Physical Edition will be available on Oct. 21.
The newly revealed launch trailer available in YouTube offers a chilling, final glimpse into never-before-seen locations, grotesque new enemies, and the escalating horrors awaiting players in the shadows. Starting today, players can also watch special developer streams of the game, available on Steam.
