Games like Cronos: The New Dawn
If Cronos: The New Dawn is your kind of game, the closest matches are Resident Evil Requiem, Rise of Deads and Resident Evil 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Cronos: The New Dawn is a third-person survival horror action game developed by Bloober Team SA, set in a post-apocalyptic future. Players navigate brutal wastelands and fight nightmarish merging creatures while managing scarce ammunition, with gameplay described as difficult and a medium-length campaign designed for solo play. The time-travel mechanic allows players to jump back in time to harvest souls as they uncover the origins of humanity's downfall. The title is verified to run on Steam Deck and carries an 88% positive review score from 3630 Steam reviews. At $59.99 USD, it offers an atmospheric sci-fi horror experience with narrative-driven gameplay and challenging third-person combat encounters.
About Cronos: The New Dawn: A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
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Resident Evil Requiem
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Top pick for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Rise of Deads
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Second-strongest match for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Experience the amazing adventure with full of actions and puzzles with growing abilities system
Resident Evil 3
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Third-strongest match for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Dead Space
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Ranked #4 for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Dead Space (2008)
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Ranked #5 for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
The Sinking City 2
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Ranked #6 for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.
Zombie Army Trilogy
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Ranked #7 for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
The Evil Within
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Ranked #8 for Cronos: The New Dawn fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Dead Space
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
SILENT HILL 2
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Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
Dead Space™ 3
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.
Resident Evil
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
The Callisto Protocol™
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.
Returnal™
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.
Resident Evil 4
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Stranger Things 3: The Game
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Reviewers of Cronos: The New Dawn cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cronos: The New Dawn at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~83% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~83% under Cronos: The New Dawn on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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More from Bloober Team
Other recommendable Steam games by Bloober Team, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
The Medium
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Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind Cronos: The New Dawn.
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
Observer: System Redux
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Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind Cronos: The New Dawn.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Layers of Fear
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Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind Cronos: The New Dawn.
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier
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Another title from Bloober Team, the studio behind Cronos: The New Dawn. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is a story-driven, action-adventure set in the expansive Star Trek universe. Step into the fractured mind of former Lieutenant Ro Laren (voiced by Michelle Forbes) as she seeks to rescue an old friend by embarking on a harrowing journey of survival and self-discovery.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Dead Space (2008)
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.
Zombie Army Trilogy
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
The Evil Within
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Cronos: The New Dawn.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Frequently asked about Cronos: The New Dawn
- Is Cronos: The New Dawn verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cronos: The New Dawn is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Cronos: The New Dawn cost?
- Cronos: The New Dawn is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cronos: The New Dawn?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cronos: The New Dawn are Resident Evil Requiem, Rise of Deads, Resident Evil 3.
- Who developed Cronos: The New Dawn?
- Cronos: The New Dawn was developed by Bloober Team and published by Bloober Team SA.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cronos: The New Dawn.
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