Chronos: Before the Ashes

62% positive of 580 Steam reviews

Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Gunfire Games, THQ Nordic. Published by THQ Nordic.

About the game

Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil.

Tagged by players

Souls-like
Action-Adventure
Action
RPG
Stylized
Adventure
Combat
Atmospheric

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Chronos: Before the Ashes

62% positive of 580 Steam reviews

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Released: 2020
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Gunfire Games, THQ Nordic. Published by THQ Nordic.

About the game

Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero’s lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil.

Tagged by players

Souls-like
Action-Adventure
Action
RPG
Stylized
Adventure
Combat
Atmospheric

What players say

Recommended
I was a little skeptical going into this game, to be honest, but after playing it for a while I have to say it is a really clean combat experience. The game itself is a little barebones, but that's what I love about it. Remnant as a series is pretty maximalist, so having a game in the series focusing on duels and back and forth combat is real fun. You can't actively make a broken build unless you over-level. The…
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Recommended
Played and beat the game on all 3 difficulties sub age 30. Cant say i understand some of the negative reviews with janky controls and or issues with playability. Game was perfectly smooth at Epic settings, and i controlled the game with no issues. Other than rolling, you can block near immediately after attacking, and you can cancel animations with dashing (toggling on target lock then rolling), enabling you to be…
48 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Do I regret playing this game? No Would I recommend you play it? Also No The combat is clunky as fuck, the balancing of the hardes difficulty is really weird and pretty bad imo. And the really bad design decisions are horrible and make the game way less fun. I read you should play this before Remnant: From the Ashes to understand the story. But like Im pretty sure that I read every log and book and this really isnt…
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