Cronos: Lazarus is already leaking before it has properly stepped into the light, which feels fitting for a horror project that clearly wants players to wonder what is real. New images have surfaced ahead of the expected reveal, and early chatter suggests this may be DLC for Cronos: The New Dawn rather than a full sequel.
That would make sense. The New Dawn built a strong horror world with enough unanswered questions to support a focused expansion, especially if Lazarus explores the Travellers, Orphans or the origins of the Warden.
Bloober Team has found a lane where world-building and psychological horror can feed each other, so a DLC-sized follow-up could be more valuable than rushing into a numbered sequel. For now, this remains leak territory. But the fact that people are already dissecting the images shows that Cronos has earned a real horror audience.
Source: GamingBolt - https://gamingbolt.com/cronos-lazarus-images-leak-ahead-of-reveal-allegedly-dlc-instead-of-a-sequel