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After the company's recent news of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty per month, many subscribers are looking for new ways to maximize their membership. If you keeping their subscription or considering joining, here are our latest picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent journey, and a superb puzzle game scheduled to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, engaging role-playing game — 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 include forming new friends, working employment, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you investigate a chilling serial murder case by venturing into strange locations themed around your friends' inner fears.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot packed with surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights smaller games. 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 steeped in South American culture. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused PC game from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of items. Even if it's a bit unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small game that proudly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit the service on October 15, leaving only a short time to play it via subscription — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzlers of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its core gameplay element revolves around moving among worlds inside other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those realms, in the shape of colorful spheres, alongside you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a very intuitive way, yet they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.