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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, including a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many members are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about signing up, we present our latest recommendations.

Our selected games include a beloved JRPG, a delightful indie journey, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4 Golden fits that description perfectly. You take on the role of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring unique locations based on your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also boasts a highly engrossing gameplay loop that will have you playing late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the subscription also showcases smaller games. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming independent game is a fantasy journey rooted in South American culture. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is transported to a vibrant realm populated by potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an inventory of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that proudly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to play it via subscription — and you absolutely should. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning among worlds inside other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful spheres, with you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is built in a very natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit overlooked by the masses. We should rectify that now.