Cronos: The New Dawn Looks Like Bloober Team’s Answer to…

Summary

Cronos: The New Dawn is Bloober Team's third-person sci-fi survival horror game releasing in 2025, resembling Dead Space in a number of aspects.
The title might fill the void left by the Dead Space franchise, as future DS projects are currently on hold indefinitely.
Cronos: The New Dawn could wind up being a spiritual successor to Dead Space due to its similar gameplay elements, horror designs, and vision.

Developer Bloober Team has been at the forefront of many gaming conversations recently for a number of reasons. After releasing the highly awaited Silent Hill 2 Remake to good reception earlier this month, the studio garnered praise and attention from fans and critics for its modern reworking of one of the most famous and popular survival horror games of all time. Building on that accomplishment, it seems the studio isn't slowing down, as it also just revealed an upcoming new horror title and original IP, Cronos: The New Dawn, at the Xbox Partner Preview.

While Bloober Team's earlier entries, like the Layers of Fear series and Observer, displayed a clear interest in exploring dark psychological horror, they were mainly first-person narrative experiences, usually emphasizing atmosphere and storytelling over gameplay. However, in the wake of the Silent Hill 2 Remake and now with Cronos: The New Dawn, it appears as if Bloober is continuing to venture out further from its previous established designs. Cronos: The New Dawn will be a fully-fledged third-person survival horror experience, and going by the material shown so far, it looks to resemble another beloved entry in the genre, Dead Space, in a variety of ways.

Cronos: The New Dawn is currently set to release in 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X.

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Cronos: The New Dawn Has Serious Dead Space Vibes

Cronos: The New Dawn Could Fill the Void Left By Dead Space

Like Silent Hill 2, Dead Space is counted as one of the best and most well-liked horror titles. Last year, EA Motive released its reworking of Visceral Games' 2008 original, expanding on the story and gameplay in satisfying ways and bringing a fresh polish to an already excellent title. Reception to the Dead Space Remake was positive, and there was initially hope that the other two titles in the franchise would be given the same treatment, as well as a possible fourth entry.

These hopes were dashed, though, after it was alleged that publisher EA deemed it not financially successful enough to continue. Instead, it seems that EA Motive's Iron Man game and its work on Battlefield may have taken priority, with future Dead Space projects apparently on ice for the foreseeable future. Given this situation and Dead Space's enduring popularity, Cronos: The New Dawn might thus be perfectly poised to provide a similar experience for those fans craving one.

How Cronos: The New Dawn Has the Potential to Be a Spiritual Successor to Dead Space

According to the official description of Cronos: The New Dawn's premise and gameplay:

After The Change, a cataclysmic event that forever altered humanity, you are a Traveler acting as an agent for the enigmatic Collective. Tasked with scouring the wastelands of the future in search of time rifts that will transport you back to 1980s-era Poland, your mission is to locate key people from the past who perished in the ensuing apocalypse. Using your all-powerful Harvester, you extract their Essences and have them accompany you into the future.

Notably, the trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn features a number of elements that bring to mind Dead Space's vision. An imposing figure in an armored spacesuit is seen exploring a range of creepy locations in a claustrophobic atmosphere. This character appears to utilize a few weapons, one of which bears a close resemblance to Isaac Clark's signature plasma cutter, as they confront "nightmarish creatures, born from the remnants of humanity." This description could also apply to Dead Space's iconic Necromorphs, and the creature designs on display in Cronos give off quite similar vibes to those classic and terrifying enemies.

Along with these glimpses of what looks to be some crunchy and intense combat in Cronos: The New Dawn, other details, such as what appear to be zero-gravity sections, mirror more of Dead Space's memorable aspects. Based on everything known and shown about it so far, Cronos: The New Dawn seems very much akin to Dead Space in some key areas. Bloober Team's upcoming foray into third-person sci-fi survival horror could thus be aiming to put its own twist on the Dead Space formula, and Cronos might end up giving fans of the series a new game that feels like Dead Space in significant and satisfying ways.