Hollow Knight: Silksong is one of the biggest releases of the year, and many indie and smaller developers shifted their release dates to avoid being caught in its explosive launch. Not every studio had the chance to move, however, and a few great games were still released around the same time as Hollow Knight: Silksong.

If a challenging Metroidvania adventure isn’t what you’re looking for right now, here are four recently released September games that deserve your attention. Oh, and I promise none of these are $70.

After the success of Silent Hill 2: Remake, Bloober Team is back with another survival-horror title, this time an original game, Cronos: The New Dawn. It’s a lot of fun combining elements from a plethora of survival horror titles, built with Unreal Engine 5.

If you’re looking for your local progress data to back up or move around, here is the save file location for Cronos: The New Dawn.

Cronos: The New Dawn is a survival horror title similar to Dead Space and Resident Evil. This means that you have limited inventory space and constantly need to manage resources. You will also come across different items marked as valuables, and it isn’t immediately apparent what to do with those.

Here is what you should do with valuable items in Cronos: The New Dawn.

Cronos: The New Dawn, the latest survival horror title from Bloober Team, is now available on PC, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and PS5. It is a combat-heavy game that borrows from contemporaries but also introduces enough unique actions and mechanics to stand out.

If you need a reference to its default scheme, here are the complete controls for Cronos: The New Dawn, whether you’re playing on keyboard and mouse or a controller.

I’m drawn to survival horror games, especially ones that follow in the footsteps of Resident Evil 4. I like games that lean toward action while still pitting the player against unspeakable horrors, with a sense of control and confidence.

Dead Space is the clearest successor to that formula, and while the remake didn’t do well enough for EA to continue the series, Bloober Team has taken it upon themselves to keep its legacy alive. Cronos: The New Dawn is proof of that, and it’s easily the studio’s best original game yet.

After the success of Silent Hill 2 Remake last year, Bloober Team is heading into 2025 strong with a brand new title, Cronos: The New Dawn. It’s a survival horror title clearly inspired by Resident Evil and Dead Space, and it’s coming to current-generation consoles and PC.

Cronos: The New Dawn is now available for pre-order across all announced platforms, and here is what you’ll get for an early purchase, pricing for each edition, and what you can expect from the deluxe edition.

After the success of Silent Hill 2 Remake, Bloober Team is back with Cronos: The New Dawn. This survival horror game is clearly inspired by Dead Space, and if EA is not interested in making a new one, it looks like Bloober Team is ready to pick up the slack.

The game is slated for 2025 for PC and current-generation consoles, and we have our first look at the technical side for the PC version with system requirements for Cronos: The New Dawn.