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Following the company's latest news of Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, many subscribers are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their subscription or thinking about joining, we present our latest recommendations.

Our selected titles include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzler set to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

Among the best ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a extensive, captivating RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that description exactly. You take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by exploring strange dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, flawless art design, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for the service, the platform also showcases smaller games. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this enchanting independent adventure is a magical realist tale rooted in Latin American culture. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma make soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the realm's residents by collecting an assortment of objects. Even if it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that openly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is set to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Developer Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between realms within other worlds, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.

Although it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is built in a very intuitive way, though they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by many players. Let's correct that while we can.