Are yuri games really unpopular ?

[Gwedelino]

Considering how lesbian content is very popular regarding real porn, often being one of the top viewed content in a lot of countries, it's always surprising to not see a lot of yuri games on F95.

I don't know if it's me who is biased, but we even got several même regarding lesbian content :

1) Check games
2) It does has a lesbian tag
3) Because it has one FFM scene in a fully heterosexual game.

As long as the éternal question : "Is pure Yuri route possible ?"

But I have the feeling there is not a lot of yuri games here. Am I wrong ?

 

[baneini]

It's hard to create gameplay tension when you have female mc opposite to a female romance interest.
You can't breed, giving one sided pleasure is a given, once you get to licking each other stage of the relationship you have nowhere to go. You can have 1 be a psychopath and mistreat the other with drugs, tattoos and violence, but that has limited appeal.
What kinda activities do 2 women, who are less into sex than men, do when they have free time? Something boring I guess.
Then to spice things up you introduce men into the sex and you no longer have a yuri game.

 

[fyl3toys]

Before you get to yuri I think you should first look at the number of female protag games....it's definitely a significantly smaller number of games when compared with male protag games....
So I dont find it too surprising that yuri is limited.

As far as going beyond the licking stage...I think there would still be plenty of activities that could be portrayed in a game. Just take a look at the cam girl couples and all the things they get up to. Lots and lots of good stuff

 

[Sphere42]

It's hard to create gameplay tension when you have female mc opposite to a female romance interest.

As opposed to the glorious gameplay tension of every woman throwing her pussy at your beta simp lame ass. Women can grind dead-end jobs to buy flowers and chocolates just as well, or what kind of "gameplay" did you have in mind?

You can't breed, giving one sided pleasure is a given

Tribadism. Oviposition too since OP did not exclude furries.

once you get to licking each other stage of the relationship you have nowhere to go

Licking fingers, licking tongues, licking pussy, licking anus, strap-on, strap-on anal, fisting, threesome/orgy/marriage...

You can have 1 be a psychopath and mistreat the other with drugs, tattoos and violence, but that has limited appeal.

You can have the other be into that stuff which adds financial pressures and maintaining public appearances to the mix. Honestly other than impregnation there is little men can do at the level of detail most games show that women can't.

What kinda activities do 2 women, who are less into sex than men, do when they have free time? Something boring I guess.

Why would they be less into sex? Sure you can pull out some poll statistics but this is fiction not real life. Men aren't exactly portrayed accurately either starting with the forearm-sized schlong and continuing with them fucking their step-sister, step-mother, landlady and step-dog all in a day's work.

Play as a broke student during spring break. Or an intern who has the hots for her female boss. Or a professional dominatrix. Or a succubus in an all girls Christian boarding school. Or an amazon warrior renowned for laying dragons.

I can sorta understand where the difference in popularity comes from between realporn and games though: porn you just leave playing while masturbating/warming up with a partner, you just look at hot women. It's easy to imagine them doing it "for" you if not "with" you. In games you need to interact, to an extent you need to be the woman not just oogle her tits. That's harder to market to "strictly hetero" guys so your potential audience is much smaller.

 

[zapzero]

Porn =! Adults games


Games are more about putting yourself in the character's shoes and living vicariously, unlike say watching porn, which is mostly a visual spectacle.

Men are visual creatures, while for women it's more about the foreplay, setting and character.

Pure yuri games are usually text heavy and are often marketed as non-sexual. Plenty of them in the Japanese market.

Sure, game devs can make a pure yuri sex game, but if they are any good, they can easily attract an even greater amount of people by including men.
Hence why Femdom is FAR more popular than yuri in the adult game scene.

Why exclude dick when you can step on it and dominate it.

 

[Meaning Less]

Men are visual creatures, while for women it's more about the foreplay, setting and character.

Guess I'm a woman then? something new I learn everyday.

To me porn is the "visual" thing while games are about foreplay, setting and character. (usually)

 

[wiseold6996]

Almost anybody who plays porn games put themselves in the shoes of mc and nobody does that to the male pornstar

 

[fyl3toys]

Guess I'm a woman then?

We've known this for a long time now. Just admit to your feminine ways already!

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

But I have the feeling there is not a lot of yuri games here. Am I wrong ?

A bunch of them around, may take some searching though.
Also some allow "dick free" mode to be enabled in their games.

 

[zapzero]

Guess I'm a woman then? something new I learn everyday.

To me porn is the "visual" thing while games are about foreplay, setting and character. (usually)

I am mostly referring to "getting turned on".

Everyone can appreciate setting and character, it is in fact the key to most good stories but women are generally more sensitive towards it when it comes to getting into the mood.

Of course these are all massive generalizations, and chartable only on normal distribution with reference to market capitalization.

But who knows, have you always had the urge to get a boob job? When you see 1000ccs of silicone lying around, do you reflexive pump out your chest? Have you recently stuck a 12" dragon shaped liquid silicone dildo with strong suction cup action up your butt? Turns out, you might be a woman, or a horny furry. 50% chance, there can be no other explanation.

 

[Jinsoyun]

Speaking only for myself, i do play games with female MC and i never imagine myself in the place of any protagonist, not even guys in first person games where i rename the MC. But i still have to understand what's going on in a game to enjoy it.

Now, i'm just a simple guy, nothing special. When i see two beautiful ladies naked, then the events are usually clear to me.
But when a full yuri game hits me with a shopping date where the MC tries to find clothes to match her style, impress her date and bring something new to her options, then i'm as lost as i was the last time i tried to read unedited MTL. This concept is just completely alien to me.

I'm not saying that i find yuri content unappealing or anything like that, but if it's more than a few scenes in a game, then in order for me to understand it, it usually has to be dumbed down to a level where the original target audience might lose interest.

Or i might just be completely wrong.

 

[おい！]

Guess I'm a woman then? something new I learn everyday.

To me porn is the "visual" thing while games are about foreplay, setting and character. (usually)

 

[desmosome]

Hypothesis
People who self insert are egocentric and have a hard time contemplating that not everyone thinks like them.

Data

Games are more about putting yourself in the character's shoes and living vicariously, unlike say watching porn, which is mostly a visual spectacle.

Almost anybody who plays porn games put themselves in the shoes of mc and nobody does that to the male pornstar

Huge sample size of 2.

Discussion
Self inserting in games means that the person is imagining themselves in the place of the MC. It's like Agent Smith replacing a person entirely with themselves. That is much more egocentric than role playing as the character or even putting themselves in the shoes of the MC.

• Role playing - The character is the one who takes over you.
• Putting yourself in the character's shoes - You employ some empathy and imagine the circumstances of the character, even if you try to make decisions based on your own world view.
• Hardcore self insert - You are the character. Any dissonance between the character and the player's perceived self image causes emotional damage.

Since they are inclined to self insert into characters, they also essentially self insert into other people and assume everyone thinks like them. Thus, they can make absolute statements with extreme confidence.

Conclusion
This is a shitpost.

 

[woody554]

make one.

 

[zapzero]

Hypothesis
People who self insert are egocentric

Huge sample size of 2.

Conclusion
This is a shitpost.

Quoting out of context, while claiming sample size in a casual thread does your post pretty shit
Let me return the favour.

 

[Sam]

Combine the female protagonist tag and lesbian tags and you should find more yuri content.

<armchair psychiatrist>

People consume porn, adult games, and even just normal games in different ways. Some people are happy just watching and be totally detached, others want to "role play" or imagine themselves within the game or scene. For the later, pure lesbian content may be less popular for male audiences as it's a party they're not invited to, although a voyeurism kink would skew this too.​

</armchair psychiatrist>

 

[♍VoidTraveler]

although a voyeurism kink would skew this too.

 

[obibobi]

It come's down to the simple reality that baneini has already mentioned, that as "Porn" games, pure lesbian is limited

You need to focus a lot more on the romantic aspect, but that requires a high level of writing skill and if that's the case you can do romance with male/female and have the draw of more sexual content on top.

 

[Sphere42]

as "Porn" games, pure lesbian is limited

You need to focus a lot more on the romantic aspect, but that requires a high level of writing skill and if that's the case you can do romance with male/female and have the draw of more sexual content on top.

Explain. What sexual content can a male/female pairing offer which a female/female pairing can't, other than the impregnation fetish specifically?

 

[Narfbat]

Maybe it's a matter of audience? If it appears that the majority are men who envision a typical lesbian romance plot as "go to the mall with your LI for 14 hours straight then paint your nails together until you both pass out from fumes and exhaustion," I would not expect a decent yuri game to see much success.