Cronos: The New Dawn Review - IGN
Published 9/3/2025
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70
-9 vs critic avg
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PC / PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X|S / Nintendo Switch 2 - 9/5/2025
Cronos: The New Dawn
A sci-fi survival horror game from Bloober Team set across a post-apocalyptic future and 1980s Poland, mixing tense resource management, grotesque enemies that can merge together, time-travel mystery, and oppressive atmosphere.
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- Bloober Team
- Publisher
- Bloober Team SA
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Critic avg
79
73 scored reviews
Total coverage
73
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Score range
40–100
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 79 across 73 scored reviews, with a 60-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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73 included scored reviews
90–10017 reviews · 23%
80–8930 reviews · 41%
70–7918 reviews · 25%
Below 708 reviews · 11%
Showing 31-40 of 73 matching critic reviews. 73 total critic reviews. Page 4 of 8.
Aaron Potter
Daily MirrorCronos: The New Dawn review – classic survival horror tropes wrapped around a cool sci-fi mystery
Published 9/3/2025
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80
+1 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalElie Gould
PC GamerCronos: The New Dawn review
Published 9/3/2025
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Survival horrorSci-fi horrorBloober TeamTime travelBody horrorResource scarcityLower-consensus row
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Score
58
-21 vs critic avg
Mixed
Read originalAdam Byrne
PlayStation UniverseCronos: The New Dawn Review (PS5) - A Chip Off The Old Bloc - PlayStation Universe
Published 9/3/2025
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80
+1 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalAaron Bayne
Push SquareCronos: The New Dawn Review (PS5)
Published 9/3/2025
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Survival horrorSci-fi horrorBloober TeamTime travelBody horrorPS5 ProAtmosphere
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80
+1 vs critic avg
Positive
Read originalTJ Denzer
ShacknewsCronos: The New Dawn review: A timely new horror
Published 9/3/2025
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Survival horrorSci-fi horrorBloober TeamTime travelBody horrorCombatScarcity
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90
+11 vs critic avg
Recommended
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Slant Magazine'Cronos: The New Dawn' Review: Nihilistic Survival Horror
Published 9/3/2025
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60
-19 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalJade King
TheGamerCronos: The New Dawn Comes So Close To Being A Survival Horror Classic
Published 9/3/2025
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Score
70
-9 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalDanilo Dellafrana
The Games MachineCronos: The New Dawn | Review
Published 9/3/2025
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80
+1 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalJordan Andow
The Outerhaven ProductionsCronos: The New Dawn PC Review – A Haunting Survival Horror Successor to Dead Space
Published 9/3/2025
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80
+1 vs critic avg
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