Makeup Games For Girls (or Boys) And More

It’s no myth that games are not just for little boys, but any age and gender anywhere in the world including young females. For many years now games have fulfilled many young girl’s interests such as trying on makeup. Here are a few popular genres that can be targeted to the young female demographic.

Makeup and Beauty Games

Makeup and beauty games have risen in popularity over the years and are definitely not going anywhere anytime soon. This may seem like a genre that is oversaturated, but if you are creative enough you can find an interesting niche. 

These games usually involve a series of stages of beauty care including prepping before putting on makeup as well as getting manicures and pedicures.

Popular Games: Candy Makeup by TabTale, Princess Makeover by Spil Games

Barbie Games

If you have a business and are interested in negotiating a licensing deal with Mattel then these games may be for you. Barbie games are definitely popular due to brand recognition which would give your games an edge over competitors that do not use popular IPs. These games are also just good to check out to get ideas from and incorporate them into your own games.

Barbie games come in many genres including the ones mentioned in this article and more. A quick search should lead you to a plethora of examples.

Popular Games: Barbie Fashion Closet, Barbie Dreamtopia Magical Hair

Dress Up Games

What’s more fun than a try-on haul? This ever-growing popular trend is sticking around for the long haul. You see people do it in video format and it is also very popular as a game. This can also be a fun game for boys/men.

This genre has select different outfits for an avatar and usually involves some form of a voting system at the end to determine how well your outfit is ranked compared to others.

Popular Games: Covet Fashion by CrowdStar, Shopping Mall Girl by TabTale

Cooking Games

Equally fun games for girls or boys is the genre of cooking. Who remembers spending hours playing the SpongeBob Krabby Patty game developed in Flash back in the early 2000s? These games are easily one of the most addicting and there are a variety of avenues to take when developing games in this genre.

Cooking games involve either competition amongst others, racing the clock or a little of both. You can either follow a recipe to complete most of your entries or orders or roll your own.

Popular Games: Cooking Fever by Nordcurrent, Cooking Mama by Cooking Mama Limited/Taito

Princess Games

Many of the games in this genre are populated by the Disney Princesses. Like Barbie, Disney is another extremely popular IP and is good to look into for ideas, but the term princess is one you can use to your own creative imagination. Try it for yourself and see what you can come up with.

Like Barbie games, princess games have a number of sub-genres associated with them and choose to take advantage of the popularity of princesses in the hopes to gain more of a following. Examples of famous princesses include those from Disney and My Little Pony.

Popular Games: My Little Pony: Magic Princess by Gameloft, Subway Princess Runner by Ivy

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