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Following the company's recent news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, many members are looking for fresh ways to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their membership or thinking about joining, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description exactly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals include forming new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing studies. At night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by exploring strange dungeons themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical turn-based combat, flawless visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a incredibly engrossing cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary attraction for Game Pass, 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 indie game is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant realm populated by potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa unfolds like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small game that openly 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 designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between worlds inside other worlds, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the form of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very natural way, though they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's rectify that while we can.