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By "girly" games I mean : games that have a soft/pink color scheme. About slice of life (preferably with romance elements), and non-violent with no/minimal combat.

I've already played Stardew Valley, Minecraft and Animal Crossing.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, also the Life is Strange games are great.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I enjoyed the first one very much.

The latest one is one of the worst, most awkward, uninspired, terribly written, bullshit games I’ve ever seen, though. It’s absolutely hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh yes, definitely avoid the last one, Double Exposure.

But Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, by the same dev as the first Life is Strange is supposed to be decent. But I want to wait until all episodes are available before I play that.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Peggle! It's a very fun and unique brickbreaker with lots of silly and cute characters, art, and music.

Not super girly/pink overall, but can be enjoyed by pretty much anyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Florence - it's short and sweet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Sable, Supraland.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

A lot of [email protected] and [email protected] games would fit. [email protected] are romance visual novels aimed at women interested in men and a lot would fit too.

[email protected] is an open world dressup game very marketed at women and has that soft pink color scheme, warning for being a F2P gacha game although you can progress without ever spending money. I usually avoid gacha but gameplay is legitimately good and "good gameplay," "high budget," and "for women" is a combination this game hits that I do not see too often in video games. (Other commenter is right there is a lot of girly shovelware.) There is combat, but it's definitely not the main focus. Very soft and pink. You might also like Beglitched (DEFINITELY pink and soft), and Style Savvy for Nintendo DS. I have been meaning to play both of those so I can't offer perspective on if they fill the romance ask, though Beglitched has combat. You might also enjoy Slime Rancher, also lots of pink and soft. Although it's also not combat-free it's not the main point either. Cattails was fun, kind of like Stardew but with cats instead, although as with Stardew combat does exist (though if I recall correctly it's optional and not the main focus).

Now probably my recommendation least like what you are asking for: I love the Touhou Project series. Don't let the male-dominated fandom and the tons of sexualized art of the characters fool you, the games don't sexualize the characters at all—I would feel very comfortable showing them to a 5 year old or Grandma. It is basically a bunch of superpowered women from Japanese mythology/folklore shooting very pretty lasers at each other. The focus is actually combat here, but I figured I'd give it a mention. Not specifically aimed at women but it's not not aimed at us either. Lovely music too.

Source: am girly girl who also plays video games

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Don’t know if this fits the bill for you or not but my partner occasionally falls into the clutches of the Sims on their laptop. They’ve customized their installation with lots of outfit + hairstyle mods and expansions, so you kinda get to make it your own

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've heard a lot of good things about VA-11 Hall-A. Haven't played it myself, but it looks like you play as a bartender in a cyberpunk-esque world and talk to the partons in your bar to get to know what's going on in both the world and their personal lives

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
  • Fields of Mistria
  • Roots of Pacha

Easy recommends if you liked Stardew Valley.

Weird recommends would be My time at Portia/Sandrock. They absolutely have combat, but have romance systems and a cuter aesthetic. Even the enemies are derpy/cute.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll add Spiritfarer. It's not "pink" per se, but it's a much more "happy feelings" game. It's about taking lost sould and ferrying them on your ship, talking to them about their lives and feelings, and you can give them hugs of course.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My daughter loves A Short Hike and Wobbly Life.

And on her phone Toca Boca World. Though it has a tendency to crash every few months, taking her progress with it.

She also likes Spider-Man but I guess that's not very "girly".

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I feel like Lost Records: Bloom & Rage that came out recently might be a candidate? I haven't played it myself because I don't think I'm the target audience but it seems like sort of what you're looking for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No Place Like Home?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A recent one is Wanderstop, loved the vibes on that one. If you want to read more I wrote up some demo impressions here: https://lemmy.world/post/26452334

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

god how'd you snipe what I was about to recc within 48 seconds...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Hello Kitty Adventure Island is the game my friends and I use when we want something that isn't a shooter

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife loves Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, and she's been way into Hello Kitty: Island Adventure lately. It seems to split the difference between those things and add some of its own spice on top.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Highly recommend Haven. Has some combat but it's very minimal and it's mostly slice of life focused on the romance of a pair of runaways.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Melatonin is a sleepy rhythm game. Exact color scheme you're looking for, fun sleepy night time aesthetics. Not exactly in it for the plot

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If rhythm games are on the table, I'd like to recommend Sayonara Wild Hearts. It honestly doesn't really meet the criteria of this post, (it's more flashy than cozy, more feminine than girly, and it does have some combat) but it's really good.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Well there’s lot of shovelware girly games out there. Your best bet would be cozy games https://cozygamereviews.com/cozy-games-on-steam/ maybe try a dating sim or two? The KFC Dating sim https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121910/I_Love_You_Colonel_Sanders_A_Finger_Lickin_Good_Dating_Simulator/ is free and one my absolute favorites. Granted, it’s stupid, it’s cheesy, it’s anime, it’s taking itself a little bit too serious, but I like it. One of my friends recently loved house flipper 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190970/House_Flipper_2/ a game where you clean houses, sell them, later even get to design your own houses. Also one of my new favorite cozy feel good games is little kitty big city https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177980/Little_Kitty_Big_City/ I just love the writing and the atmosphere of this game! Oh, and the Style-Boutique game series on the Nintendo 3 DS! If you know a tech savvy person who can Mod a 2DS or 3DS you can get the console for cheap and put the game on there from the internet. My wife and one of my coworkers loved these games!

[I totally want to start a thread about how Red Dead Redemption (GTA but it’s the wild wild west-era with cowboys) has the best horse riding experience in any game until now and how a horse riding game with the mechanics would be amazing, but I’ll just plant this seed here and hope for some game-dev to see it.]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.themanequest.com/ is all about horse games, by an equestrian game dev. You might enjoy it. I am not a horse person but the articles are a fun read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

House Flipper 2 is great. I wish missions were less linear, but it's probably the best "home designer" game out there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can second Little Kitty, Big City, but would recommend getting it on sale. There's not a whole of content or replayability for the regular price, imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Totally! I think $15 is fine though

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Do not. Great game tho

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