Don't get me wrong, there's no such thing as a game for ONLY one gender, but there seems to be a slight correlation that guys seem more attracted to FPS and girls seem more attracted to casual games in general.
I was just wondering whether it subconsciously attracts one gender more than the other…
I don't think it appeals most to any gender. How it's advertised by the company, both genders want to play. But with stereotypes, when guys play minecraft, they are either famous youtubers, geeks who play in their mom's basement, or 10-year-old "squeakers" who still use rage face memes. With girls, they are trying hard to be "different" and "special snowflakes", which is also stereotyping too. And these stereotypes may turn people away, and that may be a reason why some girls don't play, and then the majority of the demographics of the game is male, but females play as well. Not sure if I answered this correctly, but minecraft by its advertisers is appealing for both genders, but the stereotype does not appeal to females, which turns them away as well.
I think it does appeal to people that are more interested in creative games than aggressive games. I don't know if it's got anything to do with being a female more so than my general mindset, but personally I do prefer games that are open world or sandbox games, puzzle games, or unique and strange games to anything that's like an FPS. Part of it is that I play video games to relax, so I want to play things like Minecraft or Journey or Flower or Portal rather than having to run away from someone trying to kill me. Part of it might also be that I play D&D and other tabletop RPGs and love violent horror movies, so I get out my aggression in those activities and don't feel the need to play more aggressive video games.