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Following the company's recent announcement of Xbox Game Pass membership changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are seeking new ways to get the most from their subscription. For those keeping their membership or considering joining, we present this week's recommendations.

Our selected games feature a acclaimed JRPG, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzle game set to depart from the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the best ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description perfectly. Players step into the part of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet rural town of Inaba. By day, your goals include forming friendships, taking on part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. At night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by venturing into strange locations based on your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline packed with surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for many reasons. It also boasts a highly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up late into the night, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although major releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a primary attraction for the service, the subscription also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from Spirited Away, this charming indie adventure is a fantasy journey rooted in South American culture. Players follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is pulled into a colorful world populated by potato-stealing frogs and various eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and helps the realm's residents by collecting an inventory of items. Even if it's a little unpolished, Sopa is a sweet little game that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely should. Developer the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its core gameplay element focuses on moving among realms within additional dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of colorful orbs, with you.

Although it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a highly natural way, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat overlooked by the masses. We should rectify that now.