The New Dawn Gets its First Hotfix

Cronos: The New Dawn has received its first hotfix that focuses largely on save issues, bugged achievements, and small quality-of-life feature additions. One of September’s biggest new games, alongside titles like Hollow Knight: Silksong, Borderlands 4, and Silent Hill f, Cronos: The New Dawn was released to incredibly positive reviews, becoming one of 2025’s best horror titles so far.

The developer behind Cronos: The New Dawn, Bloober Team, has been on the rise in the horror game space as of late. Known largely for the Layers of Fear series, Bloober was widely considered a mid-tier horror studio, as titles like Blair Witch and The Medium failed to make a large impact on horror game fans. This was until about a year ago, when Bloober dropped its Silent Hill 2 remake to widespread praise. Gamers and critics alike were impressed that Bloober was able to handle the remake of the beloved classic with such care. If Silent Hill 2 was Bloober’s proving ground, Cronos: The New Dawn is an opportunity for the studio to show what it can do with its very own Dead Space and Silent Hill-inspired survival horror IP.

Less than a week since Cronos: The New Dawn‘s release, Bloober Team has come out with the game’s first hotfix that goes live today, September 10, on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, and will come to Nintendo Switch 2 at some point soon. In a post on Steam, Bloober laid out all the fixes and improvements it’s implementing with the hotfix, many of which have to do with the game’s save and autosave system. There were different points in the game at which players could have their progress blocked due to “save compatibility issues,” which have been ironed out by Bloober. A handful of spotty autosave triggers have been patched up as well.

Cronos: The New Dawn‘s new hotfix also addresses issues with three of its achievements either not popping or failing to record progress. This happened with the Boon of the Relics achievement, where progress wouldn’t track for players who purchased weapons at Cronos‘ Workstation shop. The Pathfinder achievement also caused issues for players who skipped a particular cutscene. Finally, the Pyromaniac achievement, awarded to players for burning a piece of biomass with the Pyre ability for the first time, would fail to unlock. All three of these achievements have been fixed in this first Cronos hotfix alongside several other solved issues and improvements.

While Bloober Team mentioned that Nintendo fans will have to wait a bit longer for the hotfix to be applied to the Switch 2 version of Cronos: The New Dawn, it shouldn’t take too long, as updates, patches, and hotfixes typically roll out to all platforms within a few days max. This being the case with Cronos‘ first hotfix, Switch 2 users should keep an eye on Bloober Team’s social media for word on when the hotfix goes live for Nintendo’s new platform.

Cronos: The New Dawn Hotfix 1 (ver. 323631) – September 10, 2025

Critical Issues Fixed:

• Fixed a crash that could occur during one of the optional dialogues with the Warden;
• Fixed a save compatibility issue that could prevent the barricade in the church bell tower from opening;
• Fixed a save compatibility issue that could block progress when opening the church doors after solving the puzzle;
• Fixed an issue where the game could freeze when listening to echoes, travelogs, or audiologs in the Japanese translation;
• Fixed a save compatibility issue where the Pathfinder could disappear during a boss fight and not reappear after loading a save;
• Fixed an issue where saving and loading multiple times in Edward’s apartment could cause one of the elevator window panels to move into the corridor, blocking player progress or access to optional areas;
• Fixed an issue where the autosave would not trigger when entering the basement in the Apartment Zone (Past);
• Fixed an issue where the autosave would not trigger after defeating the boss in the Apartment Zone (Future) if the player had already unlocked the related achievement;
• Fixed an issue that caused Lumen GI artifacts when changing the graphics preset from Very Low to any higher setting;
• Fixed an issue where enemies could get stuck in place if they did not have a valid path to the player.

Minor Issues Fixed:

• Fixed an issue where weapons bought at the workstation did not count towards the “The Boon of the Relics” achievement;
• Fixed an issue where the Pathfinder achievement would not unlock if the player skipped the cutscene before the 15-second mark of the “returning from church” sequence;
• Fixed an issue where the Pyromaniac achievement would not unlock for some players;
• Removed several fear traps that were located under the floor in the church zone;
• Fixed an issue where the Arbalest picture was not visible in the shop after starting New Game+;
• Fixed an issue where an empty popup saying “New content unlocked:” could appear when launching the game;
• Fixed an issue where visible banding could be seen in the pause menu on HDR screens;
• Fixed an issue where Flamethrower/Torch input binding would not display if assigned to the F key;
• Fixed an issue where loot crates near Jędruś’s store could not be destroyed with melee attacks;
• Fixed an issue where the HDR calibration screen displayed differently in the Main Menu compared to the Pause Menu.

Quality Of Life Improvements:

• Added an additional autosave before the brothers’ cutscene in the factory;
• Added an informational screen at the start of New Game+ to let players know their equipment is available in the stash;
• Improved EULA scrolling before the Main Menu and removed unnecessary text markers.

Cronos: The New Dawn

6/10

Released

September 5, 2025

ESRB

Mature 17+ / Intense Violence, Blood and Gore, Strong Language

Engine

Unreal Engine 5