If you like your horror with a side of existential dread, a new collaboration is targeting your wallet. The "Burn & Drown Bundle" has just launched, pairing the industrial retro-futurism of Cronos: The New Dawn with the suffocating, oceanic nightmare of Still Wakes the Deep.
Fire and Water: A Dual Horror Experience
Bloober Team is leaning heavily into thematic contrasts with this release. While we've seen bundles from them before—usually packaging their back catalog like Layers of Fear or The Medium—this specific pairing feels curated for players who prioritize atmosphere over jump scares.
The bundle offers two very different flavors of isolation:
- The Burn: Cronos: The New Dawn throws you into a twisted time-travel narrative filled with combat, resource management, and that signature Bloober psychological bent.
- The Drown: Still Wakes the Deep (from The Chinese Room) is a narrative-heavy experience set on an oil rig, focusing on environmental storytelling and the sheer terror of the North Sea.
If you haven't picked up Cronos since its September release, this is a solid entry point. The game's core loop of exploration and strategic combat pairs interestingly with the more "walking sim" nature of Still Wakes the Deep, giving you something to sweat over and something to stress over in equal measure.
Is the Cronos: The New Dawn demo still available?
Yes. If you are on the fence about the combat mechanics in Cronos—which are more involved than Bloober's previous titles—you don't have to commit blind. A free demo is currently live on Steam. I highly recommend giving it a spin to see if the third-person shooter elements click for you before grabbing the full bundle.
Bloober Team also noted that Cronos is being featured in several other collections right now, likely in a push to capture the late-year horror crowd. However, the contrast between the "Burn" of retro-sci-fi and the "Drown" of deep-sea horror makes this specific package the standout for narrative junkies.