Bloober Team's Cronos: Lazarus, the story DLC for Cronos: The New Dawn, launches December 3, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $9.99, with Switch 2 in Q1 2027. A prequel about the Pathfinder becoming the Warden, with teleportation, a decoy, the Gladius melee weapon, minimum PC specs and what is still unknown.
Cronos: Lazarus, the upcoming DLC for Bloober Team's survival horror game Cronos: The New Dawn, will be released on December 3, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, priced at $9.99. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. Set before the events of the base game, it puts you in the boots of the Pathfinder during his transformation into the Warden, with faster and more aggressive combat. Here is what Bloober Team has confirmed and what is still unknown.Cronos: Lazarus | Story Trailer & Release Date Announcement, official Bloober Team YouTube channel, October 28, 2026 (1 min 52 s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-AV1E9KRpM
Release date, platforms and price
Release date: December 3, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to Bloober Team's announcement of October 29, 2026 and the Steam page.
Nintendo Switch 2: first quarter of 2027, with no exact date announced.
Price: $9.99 according to Bloober Team's English announcement, and PLN 34.99 according to its Polish investor relations release of October 28, 2026. No euro price was given in the sources we read, and the Steam page did not show a price on November 10.
It is a DLC: the Steam page states that it requires the base game Cronos: The New Dawn. The Steam page lists Bloober Team and PixelAnt Games as developers.
No official launch time has been published in the sources we read.
Story: the Pathfinder before he became the Warden
Cronos: Lazarus is a prequel set before Cronos: The New Dawn. You play the Pathfinder, an agent of the Collective, and discover the events that led to his transformation into the Warden.
Isolated in the Terminal and cut off from the Collective, he tries to awaken a lost Essence, a revival mission the Collective must never discover, according to the Steam page.
He is hunted by the Tracker, a relentless envoy of the Collective sent to stop him before he completes that mission.
New gameplay: teleportation, decoy and the Gladius
Bloober Team describes faster-paced action and more aggressive combat than in the base game, which focused more on precision and picking your battles.
New abilities: teleportation and a decoy, according to the Polish release; the Steam page describes the power to leave a decoy behind and become temporarily invisible to enemies.
New melee weapon: the Gladius, described by Bloober Team as faster and more effective than the dagger from the base game.
The Steam page promises large-scale, cinematic encounters against the new pursuer.
PC requirements and languages
Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit, Intel Core i5-8400F or Core i5-8600K, or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 1080, Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc A770, DirectX 12, 30 GB of storage.
Recommended requirements were not listed on the Steam page on November 10.
Languages on Steam: full audio in English only; interface and subtitles in 15 languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain and Latin America), Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Steam features: single-player, Steam Achievements, full controller support with DualShock and DualSense support.
What we still do not know
The exact euro price on each store and the official launch time.
The exact Nintendo Switch 2 release date within Q1 2027.
The recommended PC requirements and the length of the DLC.
Sources (checked November 10, 2026, Paris time)
Bloober Team announcement, October 29, 2026 (release date, platforms, $9.99 price, Switch 2 in Q1 2027, story, Tracker): https://www.blooberteam.com/news/2026/10/29/cronos-lazarus-launches-on-december-3-for-pc-playstation-5-and-xbox-series-xs
Bloober Team investor relations release in Polish, October 28, 2026 (PLN 34.99 price, teleportation, decoy, Gladius): https://ir.blooberteam.com/2026/10/28/bloober-team-oglasza-date-premiery-cronos-lazarus/
Steam page of Cronos: Lazarus (release date, base game required, developers, description, decoy and invisibility, minimum PC requirements, languages, features): https://store.steampowered.com/app/4768180/Cronos_Lazarus/
Official Story Trailer & Release Date Announcement, Bloober Team YouTube channel, October 28, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-AV1E9KRpM
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