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After the company's recent announcement of Game Pass subscription changes, including a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous members are looking for new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or considering joining, we present our latest recommendations.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a brilliant puzzle game set to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top ways to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description perfectly. Players take on the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve making new friends, taking on employment, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by exploring unique locations themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this enchanting independent adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful world populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out like an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that openly celebrates its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon is scheduled to leave Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Studio the creators designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element revolves around moving among worlds within other worlds, and often you'll carry those realms, in the form of vibrant spheres, alongside you.

While it lacks direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive period for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat missed by the masses. We should correct that now.