Almost all of my female friends game. The youngest is 29 and the oldest is 54. They... WE! play the same game franchises that my male friends do: WoW, Diablo, Guild Wars 2, Pokemon, Dark Souls, Battlefield, Warframe, etc. etc. ad infinitum. (One friend, she's 38, is a huuuuuuuge Destiny nerd. A walking Destiny-opedia.)
We had a watch party for the last Game Awards - Me, my husband, and two other couples. Everyone was completely into it, male or female, rooting for their favorite games and getting excited over new game announcements. (Then after, we had a Bill Clinton meme party).
The idea across this thread that women only play specific genres of games (word games, mobile games, freecell, etc.) is outdated and sexist. Women are playing the exact same games that men are. I personally have about 300 games in my Steam library (and I've even played around half of them LOL) and I have a single game installed on my phone (The Room 4, to be precise) that I play every few months or so when I'm stuck somewhere bored and only have my phone with me.