Hollow Knight: Silksong has a true-blue cheat code that unlocks a different difficulty setting, but if you were hoping that Team Cherry had mercifully added an easy mode then I have bad news: this code adds the hardcore Steel Soul mode that would normally be obtained by beating the game.
Here's the cheat code, which I've already tested after learning it from Reddit user – sigh – Buttnugtaster, an apparent relative of Elden Ring's Loathsome Dung Eager.
