The wait is over! Bloober Team, the acclaimed Polish studio, announced today the official release date for its highly anticipated new title, Cronos: The New Dawn. The game will launch worldwide on Sept. 5, 2025, and is now available for preorder on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S. In a surprise announcement during today’s Nintendo Direct, the game will also launch on the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system.
Alongside the launch date reveal, Bloober Team released a haunting new story trailer, packed with chilling environments and narrative teases. The trailer also introduces the concept and secrets of Soul Harvesting, giving players their first real look at the characters they’ll encounter on their journey to the past. “The human race – an anomaly, yet the perfect one…” These chilling words set the tone for the psychological and physical horrors that await players in Cronos: The New Dawn.
Bloober also announced the details and pre-order kick-off for digital and physical editions. Digital pre-orders are now live across the storefronts of all major platforms: PC, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch™ 2. A physical edition for PS5, produced in partnership with Americas physical distributor Skybound Games, is also now available for pre-order at select retailers including GameStop and Amazon.
Watch The New Story Trailer For Cronos: The New Dawn
For preorders on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, players can choose between two editions:
- Standard Edition ($59.99 USD)
- Deluxe Edition – which includes 48-hour early access on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S. ($69.99 USD)
On Nintendo Switch™ 2, the game will be available for digital pre-order in the Standard Edition only ($59.99 USD).
A physical edition from Skybound Games for PS5 ($59.99 USD) 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 the haunting world of Cronos. PS5 physical editions will include a Standard Edition game disc.
Preorder now on Steam, Epic, Microsoft Store, and PlayStation. Players that preorder the Deluxe Edition get 48-hour early access starting Sept. 3.
For more information and to receive updates on this one-of-a-kind horror experience go to www.cronosnewdawn.com or visit the following social media channels: X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Discord.
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About Bloober Team:
Founded in 2008, the Kraków-based studio Bloober Team specialises in creating deep and immersive horror games. With a team of over 250 creative specialists, the studio continuously pushes the boundaries of storytelling, delivering rich and complex narratives to players worldwide.
The studio’s award-winning portfolio includes titles such as the Layers of Fear series, Blair Witch, Observer: System Redux, and The Medium. Bloober Team’s most recent project, developed in collaboration with Japanese publisher KONAMI, was the highly anticipated remake of the iconic horror game SILENT HILL 2. The game has received widespread acclaim, earning positive reviews and numerous nominations and awards, including Game of the Year at the Horror Game Awards and Best Game of 2024 by IGN Japan.
In October 2024, the studio announced its newest title – Cronos: The New Dawn – a sci-fi survival horror set to launch in 2025.
Learn more about our projects by visiting our official website: www.blooberteam.com and following us on social media:
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About Skybound Games:
Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment, the go-to launchpad for original stories and world-class IP across all forms of entertainment – comics, television, film, video games, audio, merchandise and collectibles.
Skybound Games publishes, produces, and globally distributes video games across all genres, from award-winning gems like Before Your Eyes and Goodnight Universe, to blockbuster series like Telltale: The Walking Dead. It’s latest expansion includes Skybound’s first in-house game development studio Quarter Up, which will release the highly anticipated tag fighter Invincible VS in 2026.