Female Protagonist tag
Tag created in June 2017
Female Protagonist's popularity amongst developers
This graph shows games released over the years with the Female Protagonist tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better view of the trend a tag follows. It shows if, in proportion, the Female Protagonist tag is getting more or less popular. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The Female Protagonist game tag peaked in 2022 with 961 games released. The tag's popularity is in a range between 0.37% in 2010 and 1.2% in 2014.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Female Protagonist's popularity amongst players
On this chart, you can see the reviews for games associated with the Female Protagonist tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. Note that if the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Female Protagonist tag games.
A standard game associated with this tag received on average between 61 (2010) and 495 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Female Protagonist tag received between 76% (2014) and 168% (2010) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Female Protagonist
This graph displays the evolution of the Female Protagonist tag's games price in USD over the years, and the percentage of free to play games in this tag. Don't forget that a price should slowly increase year-on-year just to keep up with inflation.
The median game price was at its lowest in 2009 at 6.99$, and peaked in 2010 at 12.49$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 11%, and bottomed in 2022 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Female Protagonist, per language
This chart shows an aggregated Steam rating for all the Female Protagonist tag games, classed by language. It helps estimate how different audiences judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't always mean that the audience doesn't enjoy that particular tag, as some cultures tend to always give lower scores. But it will affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Female Protagonist games is 94% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 80% for the Japanese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Blade Kitten | In Blade Kitten, join Kit Ballard as she explores the mysterious world of Hollow Wish to hunt down rogue mechs and soft targets. | 2.99 | 82.5% | May 22, 2014 |
  | Shantae: Half-Genie Hero | Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms! | 19.99 | 90.5% | Dec 20, 2016 |
  | Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae | Take on the role of a warrior maiden forced to hunt down her best friend, who has stolen a sacred demon blade. Immerse yourself in the tale of a deadly feud between two old friends and the demonic sword tearing them apart―told through high-speed action! | 9.99 | 81% | Mar 10, 2014 |
  | Spirited Heart Deluxe | Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance! | 19.99 | 45.1% | May 29, 2014 |
  | Chronicles of Teddy | Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission. | 14.99 | 69.2% | Apr 2, 2015 |
  | Belladonna | Belladonna is a gothic adventure game, twisted and dark. Take the role of a corpse girl rising from the dead in an abandoned laboratory, and unravel the mysteries concerning your own death and reanimation. | 6.99 | 70.9% | Feb 27, 2015 |
  | Aerannis | Aerannis is a mission-based stealth action game set in a world of conspiracy and full of action and assassinations. | 0.99 | 68.8% | Sep 15, 2015 |
  | Starlight Vega | Play as Aria and romance the two sultry demon girls, Lyria and Scherza, or your best friend Melody in this yuri (girl x girl) visual novel where your choices will ultimately decide the fate of this spellbound girl. | 6.99 | 93.5% | Apr 14, 2016 |
  | A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met | A brand new entry in the landmark yuri game series, "A Kiss For The Petals!" The story of how fan-favorite couple Risa and Miya first met is now available on the PC! | 7.99 | 93.9% | Sep 25, 2015 |
  | Cally's Caves 3 | Cally's parents have been abducted, as her arch-enemy Herbert has taken control of the Caves to perform his evil experiments. Join Cally and her friends in this action-packed run and gun platformer, conquering insane bosses, exploring to find secrets, and levelling up EVERYTHING. | 6.99 | 82.4% | Jan 5, 2016 |
  | Flowers -Le volume sur printemps- | Suoh Shirahane, a shy girl with a mysterious past, will begin her first year of high school at Saint Angraecum Academy, where she hopes to find a new beginning. She will navigate friendships and mysteries at her new school, and discovers that love can come in many forms. | 19.99 | 94.9% | Aug 17, 2016 |
  | Nurse Love Addiction | Follow Asuka Osachi, a ditzy girl training to become a nurse at Teito Nursing School. Experience her story with her classmates as they discover love, medicine, and adulthood. | 39.99 | 92.9% | Jul 7, 2016 |
  | Gray Skies, Dark Waters | What does it mean to truly disappear without a trace? This modern interpretation of centuries-old folktales drops you into a world of secrets, unanswered questions, and (just maybe) the supernatural. Search to reveal the truth—or, at least, your version of it. | 4.99 | 86.4% | Jun 9, 2017 |
  | The Falconers: Moonlight | The Falconers: Moonlight is a supernatural thriller visual novel set in the 19th Century West Coast of New Zealand. Falconer, Cassandra Winter, is on her first solo mission. Can she save the people of Moonlight from their plight? Or will she disappear into the mist like so many others before her? | 9.99 | 87.9% | Apr 18, 2017 |
  | The Vagrant | Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero? | 3.99 | 90.2% | Jul 13, 2018 |
  | Save Our Souls - Episode I | Save Our Souls is a failed, zero budget title that was discontinued in 2018 due to it's irreparable technical issues, purchase at your own risk and please keep your expectation in check. | 6.99 | 29.7% | Mar 12, 2017 |
  | Eventide Night | A fantastic Shooting Game Music. | 0.99 | 94.1% | May 4, 2017 |
  | To The Light | To The Light is a pixel anime horror ACT game Our heroine was struck by a terrible monster on a dark night When she woke up, she found herself in a strange room...... Waiting for her....is death or survival? | 8.99 | 42.7% | Jul 3, 2017 |
  | Fatal Twelve | Shishimai Rinka was a high schooler who ran a small café named Lion House in place of her grandmother. She lived her life much like any other person her age, but one day, she was caught up in an explosion while returning home on the train alongside her friend, Hitsuji Naomi. | 19.99 | 95.1% | Mar 30, 2018 |
  | Starlight of Aeons | It takes an immense amount of time for light from the stars to arrive our place. When we finally see the twinkling lights, the stars where the lights came from might have already extinguished billions of years ago. Even though starlight is just an illusion that seems perfect and beautiful, do you still like it? | 4.99 | 85.4% | Dec 8, 2017 |
  | Tenta Shooter | Here comes a shoot-em-up game with a unique theme, tentacles! Defeat gigantic monster girls using a powerful bullet counter system! | 9.99 | 91.7% | Dec 8, 2017 |
  | Eliza | Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future. | 14.99 | 93.2% | Aug 12, 2019 |
  | Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition | The ultimate edition of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes in one epic collection! Includes an exclusive Blue Bathing Suit for use in Beach Mode! | 29.99 | 92.3% | May 8, 2018 |
  | Fairune Collection | Fairune Collection includes four games in one package – Fairune, Fairune 2, Fairune Origin and Fairune Blast! | 9.99 | 87.7% | May 16, 2018 |