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Following the company's recent announcement of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are seeking fresh ways to get the most from their subscription. For those keeping their membership or considering joining, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected games feature a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzler scheduled to leave the platform soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the best ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition matches that description exactly. You take on the part of a high school student who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve making new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and keeping up with schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a disturbing serial murder case by venturing into unique dungeons themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless art design, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for the service, the platform also highlights smaller indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this enchanting indie adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American traditions. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is transported to a vibrant world filled with potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds similar to an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles puzzles and aids the realm's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of objects. Even if it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little experience that openly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a few days to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in 2023's Cocoon. Its central puzzle mechanic revolves around transitioning among realms inside additional worlds, and often you'll carry those worlds, in the form of colorful spheres, with you.

While it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's challenges is designed in a very natural way, though they will test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should rectify that while we can.