this method is simply consists of backing up your save game with a very fast method and replacing them in case of a character death so you can reload your game as a checkpoint , as you have noticed , the game has a perma-death mechanic and multiple playable characters , so if your characters is dead , its gone for the rest of your playthrough and you are forced to switch your character ,

if all of them are dead , you will restart the whole chapter , according to the devs , this is how the game is meant to be played , but the death of characters can change the cutscenes , block achievements , and putting the game on easy difficulty blocks most achievements as well , so refer to this method if you didn't like this mechanic while wanting to play on normal difficulty or just want to enjoy the game normally without further headache.


1- navigate to your save game location = C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\SongOfHorror\Saved
create a shortcut on desktop of this location.

2-create an empty folder on desktop next to the shortcut and call it backup save or whatever you please

*so here is where the action inside the game starts , the game saves everytime you enter a room , or you exit the game via 'save and exit' option ,when an enemy is around the game cannot be paused .also the game saves automatically when a character is dead so alt+F4 won't work.

3-what do you want to do here is play the game to some preferable amount , (15 min , 20 min ..) and when you feel like you made some progress or bypassed a hard puzzle or so on , you pause the game and select 'save and exit' , this is important to update the save file ,(just be sure there are no enemies around , cause if there is , you will get 'exit without saving' option).

4-after exiting keep the game opened and alt-tab it to desktop , open the shortcut to the savegame location that you already created 'C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\SongOfHorror\Saved' ,,, then copy the file to your folder next to it , supposedly you named it backup save , this should take less than 15 seconds.

5-go back into the game and press continue and resume playing , every considerable play time repeat step 3 and 4.

6-on a character death , just alt-F4 the game (faster) or exit from the main menu if you wish , open the shortcut to the current saves and delete all content in the folder , then replace it with the content in the 'backup save' folder , relaunch the game , and boom ... you are back at the checkpoint YOU created , this process shouldn't take more than 30 sec.



everything is now set , repeat the loop when desired and enjoy the game