There are two ways to unlock a permadeath mode in Hollow Knight: Silksong—here are both.
If Hollow Knight: Silksong is too easy for you, or you’ve finished it and want further punishment, there is a much more difficult way to play it: on Steel Soul Mode. In the original Hollow Knight, accessing Steel Soul Mode meant defeating the main game at least once. In Silksong the same is true, except there is also another easier and quicker way to unlock it too.
But first, what is it? Steel Soul Mode is basically a permadeath mode for Silksong. When you die it’s game over, and if you try to re-access the save file you’ll be asked if you want to overwrite it.
