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Following the company's recent news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are looking for fresh ways to get the most from their membership. For those keeping their membership or thinking about signing up, here are this week's recommendations.

Our selected titles include a acclaimed JRPG, a delightful independent journey, and a superb puzzler scheduled to leave the service soon.

Persona 4 Golden

Among the best methods to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a lengthy, engaging RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that description exactly. Players take on the part of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. By day, your goals involve forming friendships, working part-time jobs, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by venturing into unique dungeons based on your friends' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable cast of characters, strategic turn-based combat, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for good reason. It also features a highly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While big releases like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the subscription also highlights smaller games. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie game is a fantasy journey rooted in South American culture. Players join Miho, who, after helping his grandmother prepare soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-stealing frogs and other eccentric creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an educational computer title from the 90s, as Miho solves challenges and helps the world's residents by gathering an assortment of objects. Though it's a little rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet small game that proudly showcases its appreciation for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit Game Pass on October 15, leaving only a short time to play it via subscription — and you absolutely must. Studio the creators designed one of the finest puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on transitioning between worlds within other dimensions, and frequently you'll carry those worlds, in the shape of vibrant orbs, with you.

While it lacks explicit guidance, everything about Cocoon's challenges is built in a very natural way, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for video games, so it's understandable if Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure was a bit missed by many players. Let's correct that now.