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After the company's recent news of Xbox Game Pass membership updates, including a price increase for the Ultimate Tier to $30 per month, numerous subscribers are seeking new ways to get the most from their membership. If you keeping their membership or considering joining, here are our latest picks.

Our selected titles include a beloved Japanese role-playing game, a charming indie adventure, and a superb puzzler set to leave the platform shortly.

Persona 4: The Golden Edition

One of the top ways to maximize value from your subscription is by diving into a extensive, captivating role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. Players step into the role of a teenager who has relocated to the sleepy rural town of Inaba. During the day, your goals involve forming new friends, taking on part-time jobs, and managing schoolwork. At night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by exploring strange dungeons themed around your companions' inner fears.

With a unforgettable cast of characters, strategic battle system, impeccable visuals, and a storyline full of surprises, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is regarded as a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive cycle that will keep you up past bedtime, night after night.

Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato

While major titles like Ninja Gaiden 4 are a key attraction for Game Pass, the platform also showcases lesser-known indie gems. A great instance of this is Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this enchanting independent game is a magical realist tale steeped in South American culture. You follow Miho, who, after assisting his grandmother make soup, is pulled into a vibrant realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric animals.

Sopa plays out like an learning-focused computer title from the 90s, as Miho tackles challenges and aids the world's residents by collecting an inventory of items. Though it's a little unpolished, Sopa: Tale of the Stolen Potato is a heartwarming small game that proudly showcases its love for the region's culture.

Cocoon

Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure is scheduled to leave the service on October 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you absolutely must. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the best puzzlers of this generation in the 2023 release Cocoon. Its central gameplay element focuses on moving between realms inside other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those worlds, in the form of vibrant orbs, alongside you.

While it doesn't have direct guidance, everything about Cocoon's puzzles is designed in a very natural manner, though they can challenge you as well. The year 2023 proved a massive year for games, so it's no surprise if Cocoon was a bit overlooked by many players. We should rectify that now.