Hello, if you are on story difficulty and still have a death check for that high, you're most likely still playing on 1.0.
We've adjusted the difficulty in our latest patch. It's recommended to switch to that one!
I didn't download it until after the update was out, and used the download link provided after buying the game. I also started a new game, instead of using my old demo saves. And the files say 1.1
Alright, that shouldn't be the case then. We'll investigate it as a bug. Thank you for the report!