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After Microsoft's recent announcement of Game Pass membership changes, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 monthly, many subscribers are looking for new ways to get the most from their subscription. If you keeping their subscription or considering signing up, here are our latest recommendations.

Our selected titles feature a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming independent journey, and a superb puzzler scheduled to depart from the service shortly.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the top ways to maximize value from Game Pass is by diving into a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden matches that description exactly. You step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming new friends, taking on employment, and managing studies. At night, you work to solve a chilling string of murders by exploring strange locations based on your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is considered a classic for good reason. It also features a incredibly addictive cycle that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

Although big titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key selling point for Game Pass, the subscription also highlights smaller games. A perfect example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by Spirited Away, this enchanting indie game is a magical realist tale steeped in Latin American traditions. You join Miho, who, after helping his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant world filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky animals.

Sopa unfolds like an educational PC game from the 1990s, as Miho solves challenges and aids the realm's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of items. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little experience that proudly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon is set to exit the service on October 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you definitely should. Developer Geometric Interactive crafted one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its core gameplay element revolves around moving among realms within other dimensions, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the form of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure's puzzles is designed in a very intuitive way, yet they will challenge you as well. 2023 was a big year for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was somewhat missed by many players. Let's rectify that while we can.