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Chronos: Before the Ashes

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This page is for the non-VR version of the game. For the VR version, see Chronos.

Chronos: Before the Ashes
Chronos: Before the Ashes cover
Developers
Gunfire Games
THQ Nordic
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows December 1, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 67
OpenCritic 68
IGDB 67
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Genres RPG
Series Chronos
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Chronos
Chronos 2016
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019
Chronos: Before the Ashes 2020
Remnant II 2023

Chronos: Before the Ashes is a RPG game in the Chronos series.

General information

Official Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable. [1]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/967390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Chronos\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/967390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

Fullscreen issue at launch

The game starts in full window borderless regardless of the saved settings saying fullscreen (exclusive). You have to change screen mode and then go back to fullscreen to actually set the game in real fullscreen exclusive.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz
AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon R7 370
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/967390/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (967390) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:XactactX on 2024-01-06
    Tested using the EGS version.