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After the company's latest news of Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, many members are seeking new methods to get the most from their membership. If you keeping their subscription or thinking about joining, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill exactly. Players take on the part of a high school student who has relocated to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your objectives include forming friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by venturing into unique dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, flawless art design, and a storyline full of twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. 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 releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a key selling point for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this charming independent adventure is a magical realist journey rooted in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and various quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the world's residents by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet small experience that openly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave the service on October 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you definitely should. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among realms within other worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of vibrant spheres, with you.

While it doesn't have explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a highly natural way, though they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big period for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by many players. Let's correct that while we can.