Why do females like this game?

[󠀡󠀡 ⁧⁧Darius]

I don't want to discriminate but very often majority of many games playerbase are males. However, in this case, if you turn on a review of Stardew Valley on youtube - often you will hear a female voice.

My sister also does not like video games but loves Stardew Valley.

What's the catch here? Maybe if I can figure this out I could find some more games for her to play.

She also likes playing Sims. I've heard once that "men are more interested in things while women are more interested in people". Maybe that's the catch? Females like games that are about people and relationships?

[Giddian]

being a girl, i think its because girls are nicer than boys and so do not like the violence.

[BLANK]

Visi eredeti hozzászólása:

It's a more casual, laid-back game. Females tend to be more interested in games like that. It's the reason why games like this, The Sims, Animal Crossing, etc. all have relatively large female playerbases. It just comes down to nature.

Riedy eredeti hozzászólása:

It's more about women not being welcomed in action/multiplayer games and them turning to Nintendo-esque games that usually don't land on the PC. Excluding and starting this one of course, it was also a warm welcome to many people who were always interested in gaming but afraid of the toxic community around the hobby. It's the same reason why The Sims has such a strong community as well, it's not being overrun by toxic male gamers so we can work together.

Blatant lies and misandry.

THIS is so true. Females tend to be less competitive than males when it comes to gaming. There is now ay to argue about it, because studies have proven so. Just google it.
Competitive games usually have a more aggressive community and need a lot more time investment.
I'm not saying girls can't play competitive games. I'm saying that most of them are not good at it.

On the other hand, I know a lot of really awesome girl gamers that play games like Starbound, Minecraft and lots of single player games.

[Pizza]

The game is popular in both genders despite the common misconception of AAA companies creating violent games to have the boys buying their games. This misconception actually leads to less girls buying these games and more guys doing it creating a feedback loop of game creators generating the titles more for the vocal male community. This game however is very much unlike common games as the whole game is very relaxing as it doesn't actually have a way of losing. The reason isn't that guys dislike it but that they feel that they have a wider range of choice when it comes to the games they play where girls are often warded off from shooters or dungeon crawlers as they can be the centre of frustration of children in games as the younger generation believe that the games are designed for guys. When they hear a girls voice they see it as another excuse to pile on to the list of lag and hackers. If a girl plays with people of 18+ people the hole situation will be less toxic towards them. Obviously there are some guys who hate shooters and girls who can't wait for Activision's next set of vanity items worth £20.

TLDR In my opinion its more the stigma of games that create a toxic environment which actively pushes girls away from it and guys towards it making the illusion of it being only girls like shooters are only for guys

[Steve C.]

OMGsoUnique eredeti hozzászólása:

Men are more into action packed games like CoD or Anthem. This is more casual and laid back. You may want to enjoy coffee while playing the game. There is no killing or anything. Now I have watched a good handful of men play the game even with their kids now with multiplayer.

Well, technically, there is killing if you go into the mines for any extended period of time. And I don't know if the fish you catch are considered "alive" until you eat them or something.

[haylstorm.666]

Captain Black eredeti hozzászólása:

Riedy eredeti hozzászólása:

It's more about women not being welcomed in action/multiplayer games and them turning to Nintendo-esque games that usually don't land on the PC. Excluding and starting this one of course, it was also a warm welcome to many people who were always interested in gaming but afraid of the toxic community around the hobby. It's the same reason why The Sims has such a strong community as well, it's not being overrun by toxic male gamers so we can work together.

I don't remember this ever having been an issue on wow or similar games. Did you do a fact check?

ConsistentlyAverage eredeti hozzászólása:

Visi eredeti hozzászólása:

It's a more casual, laid-back game. Females tend to be more interested in games like that. It's the reason why games like this, The Sims, Animal Crossing, etc. all have relatively large female playerbases. It just comes down to nature.


Blatant lies and misandry.

lmao how is pointing out that women are often afraid to join voice chat or get involved in more male-orientated games misandry? It must be nice to be judged by our merit and skill alone, rather than have people assume you'll be terrible "because you're a girl" or praise you for being good "despite being a girl".

Isn't there a huge thing going on right now in the Smash Community? A teenage girl beating an elite player and the harassment that she's facing? Also If you really want to see how ugly playing FPS as a female is I suggest this tweet.

https://twitter.com/annemunition/status/999377842625380352?lang=en

This is of course one example but I figured that by now we'd all know this.

As for the OP. I suggest Slime Rancher, Forager, and My Time at Portia for PC games your sister might like.

[MyNameIsn'tVictoria]

So much sexism on this thread...

[Alice Bubblegum]

I think the guys could let the girls answer. It would help a lot since we are the subject.

The game is cute, that is a point, USUALLY we love cute things (usually is not always, boys like cute things too).
I think the main point is like people said before, the game is to relax, it is a good game to spend some time and forget about anything else. That is not a girl preference, I think EVERYBODY loves Stardew Valley cause it is relaxing and we have fun.

The game reaches a variety of things: you can battle (simple, but still battling), you can be a farmer, you can catch fish, you can marry, have animals, talk to people and increase relationship, join the events... so that brings girls who like a small action with the battles, boys who like the calm farmer life, kids who like the animals, old people who like talking to the villagers...

I don't know, I can't see a reason except "relaxing and fun" and that is general.
Usually I prefer action games, but I like management and simulation, so I can say that in my case I like all features the game offers, and the less important is the villagers (of course I love flirting and being friends to everybody so I can access special dialogues/cutscenes, but that is the lowest feature on ranking of what I like, cause I prefer my character doing something, when I am talking I feel like I am not producing anything - time is money LOL ).

You can buy Slime Rancher to your sister I am sure she will like, I love The Sims, so I think your sister has the same taste to games as me (except that I love action and fighting games as well). The game is a little hard if she is too young, but I think 10yo+ kids can play it if you teach the basics. (I play it and my 12yo brother also loves the game). If she likes Slime Rancher so you will know that she likes cuteness and simulation, if she doesn't like, you have to continue your research.

[myshinator]

Darius eredeti hozzászólása:

myshinator eredeti hozzászólása:

As a lady who plays all kinds of games (except FPS because motion sickness sucks), the particular attraction for me with games like Stardew Valley and The Sims is that it reminds me of a dollhouse. I grew up too poor to have one of the fancy ones with all the stuff, but now I can play with a dollhouse on my computer and have whatever stuff I want in it. It's like a dream come true.

Are there any other similar games that you like or just those two?

I like Home Improvisation, it's like an Ikea furniture simulator.

[myshinator]

Max Caulfield eredeti hozzászólása:

What motion sickness? You play racing games but no fps?

Racing games never seemed to bother me, but FPS games and some over the shoulder shooters do it. If I want to play one badly enough, I take Dramamine.

[RobbEJay]

haylstorm.666 eredeti hozzászólása:

Isn't there a huge thing going on right now in the Smash Community? A teenage girl beating an elite player and the harassment that she's facing? Also If you really want to see how ugly playing FPS as a female is I suggest this tweet.

https://twitter.com/annemunition/status/999377842625380352?lang=en

This is of course one example but I figured that by now we'd all know this.

As for the OP. I suggest Slime Rancher, Forager, and My Time at Portia for PC games your sister might like.

Yeah, I heard about that. There's also been cases where guys have posed as women to see just how "easy" they have it, only to be harassed until they finally quite and reveal their identity. Of course they don't exactly helping anyone by doing that, but two wrongs don't make a right.

Anyway OP, if your sister likes The Sims, might I suggest House Flipper/Garden Flipper? If she spends as much time building houses in the Sims as I did, it might be right up her alley. I've been playing it myself and surprisingly having a blast.

[Katie~]

Honestly, i play all sorts of games from FPS to Simulator games like stardew, Everyone likes these games for different reasons but i like it because i can design my own farm area and actually have animals that i cant normally have irl.

[SumYungGuy]

It's complicated.

The entire conversation is a minefield. But I'll dare to put out my experiences on the matter.

First, I don't believe in explicitly toxic masculinity because I find the idea to be profoundly sexist. Toxic people are toxic regardless of their gender. And awful people in online communities are awful to anyone they don't like, again regardless of gender. That link to the twitter video. It was pretty awful, I won't deny that. And it was both unpleasant and sexist. But the other side is that those players are probably saying equally gross (if less sexist) things to men.

But it would be foolish of me to claim that NONE of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that comes from nasty people is rooted in sexism, it's obviously a thing and denying that won't solve the problem. How much is there? That's beyond my experience.

Someone said that women are 'nicer' than men? I'm not going to argue, just post this. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1854883/
Draw from it what you want. It's complicated.

As for the actual topic of this thread, my anecdotal experience is in line with the mentioned studies showing a correlation of men towards competitive games and and women towards more social aspects. But again, it's complicated and not that simple. The variation between genders only attributes to maybe something like 10% of those preferences?

Still, the women I've known to play Stardew Valley focus their gameplay on interacting with the townsfolk, and raising livestock. Whereas I and the male players tend to focus on efficiency, business management, and completing objectives.

In conclusion: It's complicated.

[xailigner]

Visi eredeti hozzászólása:

It's a more casual, laid-back game. Females tend to be more interested in games like that. It's the reason why games like this, The Sims, Animal Crossing, etc. all have relatively large female playerbases. It just comes down to nature.

Riedy eredeti hozzászólása:

It's more about women not being welcomed in action/multiplayer games and them turning to Nintendo-esque games that usually don't land on the PC. Excluding and starting this one of course, it was also a warm welcome to many people who were always interested in gaming but afraid of the toxic community around the hobby. It's the same reason why The Sims has such a strong community as well, it's not being overrun by toxic male gamers so we can work together.

Blatant lies and misandry.

dude, if you had to take a quote from who i assume to be a woman, speak over their opinion when the question was asking for the womanly opinion, top it off with some so obviously sexist "it comes down to nature" ♥♥♥♥, then conclude the whole thing claiming misandry?
my friend you've obviously missed the point. spend some less time on 4chan or reddit or wherever you've been fed this worldview. go outside and talk to people. enrich yourself. learn empathy and don't take every opinion that faces you with the fact that women are often treated unfairly, and your following discomfort, so personally. redirect your passion somewhere more positive. you can be better.