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After the company's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous subscribers are looking for new ways to maximize their subscription. For those holding onto their subscription or considering signing up, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles include a beloved JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the best methods to get your money's worth from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that description perfectly. You step into the part of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve making new friends, working part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange locations based on your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, strategic turn-based combat, flawless visuals, and a storyline packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the platform also highlights lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie game is a fantasy tale steeped in South American traditions. You follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a colorful world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of objects. Though it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a heartwarming small experience that proudly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to leave Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely must. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic focuses on moving among realms inside other dimensions, and often you'll carry those realms, in the form of vibrant spheres, with you.

Although it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a highly natural manner, yet they will challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive period for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by the masses. Let's correct that now.