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Following Microsoft's recent announcement of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking fresh ways to maximize their membership. If you holding onto their subscription or considering joining, here are our latest recommendations.

Our selected games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a superb puzzler set to depart from the platform soon.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging RPG — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that bill exactly. Players take on the role of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives include forming new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and keeping up with schoolwork. By night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring unique locations themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also boasts a incredibly addictive gameplay loop 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 subscription also showcases smaller indie gems. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this enchanting indie adventure is a fantasy journey steeped in Latin American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a colorful realm populated by potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa unfolds like an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a sweet small experience that openly celebrates its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a few days to experience it via your membership — and you definitely must. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning among realms inside additional dimensions, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

While it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a very natural way, yet they can challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by many players. Let's rectify that while we can.