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After the company's latest announcement of Game Pass membership changes, featuring a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $thirty monthly, numerous members are looking for fresh methods to get the most from their subscription. For those holding onto their membership or thinking about joining, we present our latest recommendations.

Our selected games feature a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives include forming new friends, working employment, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into unique dungeons themed around your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, tactical battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a incredibly addictive gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles 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 the animated classic, this charming independent adventure is a fantasy tale rooted in South American culture. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is transported to a vibrant realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the world's residents by collecting an inventory of items. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet small experience that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to leave the service on October 15, giving you only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving between worlds inside other worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of colorful orbs, with you.

While it doesn't have direct instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a very intuitive manner, though they can test you as well. 2023 was a massive year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat missed by the masses. Let's correct that while we can.