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After the company's latest news of Xbox Game Pass subscription changes, featuring a cost hike for the top tier to $thirty monthly, numerous members are seeking fresh ways to maximize their subscription. For those keeping their subscription or thinking about joining, here are our latest picks.

Our selected games include a acclaimed Japanese role-playing game, a delightful indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to leave the service shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a lengthy, captivating RPG — and Persona 4 Golden fits that bill exactly. You take on the part of a teenager who has just moved to the sleepy countryside of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming new friends, taking on employment, and keeping up with studies. By night, you investigate a disturbing string of murders by venturing into unique locations based on your companions' inner fears.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical turn-based combat, impeccable art design, and a plot packed with twists, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a classic for good reason. It also features a incredibly engrossing gameplay loop that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major releases like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary selling point for the service, the subscription also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A perfect example of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Inspired by the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in South American culture. You follow Miho, who, after helping his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other quirky creatures.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato unfolds like an learning-focused computer title from the 1990s, as Miho solves puzzles and aids the world's inhabitants by collecting an assortment of items. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little experience that proudly celebrates its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to experience it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzle games of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms inside additional worlds, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the form of colorful orbs, alongside you.

Although it lacks direct instructions, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a highly intuitive manner, yet they will challenge you as well. 2023 was a massive year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was a bit missed by many players. Let's rectify that now.