Chronos: Before the Ashes

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Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil. Grow wiser, stronger and more powerful as you explore the depths of the mysterious labyrinth.

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570 reviews
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Developer:
Gunfire Games
Publisher:
THQ Nordic
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
01 December 2020
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (570)

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Description

Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil. Grow wiser, stronger and more powerful as you explore the depths of the mysterious labyrinth. But beware, the labyrinth takes a heavy toll – each time your hero dies, they lose a year of their life!

Adventure RPG - Refreshing combination of Adventure Game elements and RPG mechanics.

Deep Combat – A variety of weapons, abilities and powers are available to the player in the pursuit of their quest.

Unique Aging Mechanic – Every time the player dies they age one year. Players must adapt to their advancing age as they progress their character; starting the game young, nimble and quick, and ending wise and more attuned to magic.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
Processor:
AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
8 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64 bit
Processor:
AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
8 GB available space

User reviews

Frederikholm
Not recommended | 15 Jan 2026
7.0h played

Would be decent assuming it was cheap. However, they implemented achievements for new game plus and forgot to add a new game plus mode to the game. I don't think that is okay.

Helpful: 24
BenHopkins
Not recommended | 04 Oct 2025
9.2h played

I have been waiting 4 years for them to update the game with NG+ so I can get 3 extra achievements specific to that update. As of right now, they are still unobtainable and the game hasn't received the update. I think

Helpful: 17
Mr wyrmwood
Recommended | 05 Jan 2026
25.8h played

Picked this up in a sale, purely because its related to Remnant and I loved that game. Other reviews seemed to say it was a very short and quite easy souls-like, so I thought I'd blast through for the lore. Ended up

Helpful: 12
Ligas
Recommended | 02 Oct 2025
11.0h played

Pretty good game over all. Its a simple and short game that explains a little on what happened before remnant. So reviews complain about the controls, but I played with a controller and the game felt fine. Definitely

Helpful: 2
Snek
Recommended | 16 Jul 2025
14.2h played

If you buy it on sale it's worth getting it, fun experience but with little depth. Controls are a bit wonky at times but combat functions well enough to be enjoyed, only the last boss has some weirder moves. Story isn't

Helpful: 6
Tanikaze
Not recommended | 05 Dec 2025
14.1h played

I am enjoying Remnant from the Ashes quite a bit lately and i've come to peak an interest into the lore and since i found out that this games actually the prequel explaining a couple things beforehand, also considering

Helpful: 5