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After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass subscription updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $thirty monthly, many members are looking for fresh ways to get the most from their subscription. If you holding onto their subscription or considering signing up, we present this week's picks.

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

Persona 4 Golden

One of the top ways to get your money's worth from Game Pass is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. Players step into the part of a high school student who has just moved to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your objectives involve forming friendships, working employment, and keeping up with studies. At night, you work to solve a chilling serial murder case by exploring unique locations themed around your companions' deepest insecurities.

With a memorable group of heroes, tactical battle system, flawless visuals, and a plot full of surprises, Persona 4 Golden is regarded as a masterpiece for good reason. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, repeatedly.

Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for the service, the platform also highlights lesser-known games. A great example of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a magical realist tale rooted in South American culture. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma prepare soup, is pulled into a vibrant realm populated by potato-nabbing frogs and various eccentric animals.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato plays out similar to an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the realm's inhabitants by collecting an inventory of items. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a sweet little game that openly showcases its love for South America.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to exit Game Pass on Oct. 15, leaving only a short time to experience it via subscription — and you definitely must. Studio Geometric Interactive crafted one of the best puzzlers of this generation in 2023's Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element revolves around transitioning among worlds within additional worlds, and often you'll transport those worlds, in the form of colorful spheres, alongside you.

While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is built in a very natural way, yet they will test you as well. 2023 was a big period for video games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was somewhat missed by the masses. We should correct that now.