With sexism rife in some online gaming worlds two Melbourne companies want to create real-life spaces that welcome women gamers.

Hannah Morrison, 20, is a major investor in Power Up Melbourne, which is planning to open a "geek bar" in Melbourne in early 2015.

She is particularly keen to create a safe space for women to play video games after experiencing "horrible sexism" while playing online with other gamers.

Many games offer online modes where players can join teams anonymously and speak with other team members.

Ms Morrison said as soon as other players hear her voice she is subjected to "creepy, not very nice stuff."

"Give someone anonymity and they turn into the world's biggest douchebag," said Ms Morrison.

"I had one guy refuse to play a game with me unless I sent him a picture of my tits."

Ms Morrison said she does not want to imply that all male gamers are sexist.

"I'm not having a dig at the community, the community is really cool," said Ms Morrison.

"We just have to be aware that there are 'creepers' and they turn people off."

Ms Morrison said often when other players knew she was a woman she was blamed for team failures, despite being able to "play just as well as anyone else."

"I can get just as many head shots as the next guy," she said.

IRL Shooter is another Melbourne-based company using crowdfunding to expand its business and it has female gamers firmly in its sights.

The company aims to recreate the video game experience in real life, where gamers work in teams to solve puzzles and shoot at zombies using replica weaponry.

David Leadbetter, one of the directors at IRL Shooter, said 45 per cent of the 6200 players at its first event were female.

The cast of IRL Shooter's first game Patient 0 was 65 per cent female while 45 per cent of players were women ( Supplied: IRL Shooter )

"We had a lot of all-female teams," said Mr Leadbetter. "We had hens nights as well as bucks nights."

Mr Leadbetter said the company is serious about creating an environment both men and women can enjoy.

"We deliberately and actively strive away from any inherent sexism in the game," he said.

"There were very strong female characters that we wrote into the game."

IRL Shooter is aiming to raise $308,000 for its next event, which makes the Power Up Bar's target of $10,000 seem modest by comparison.

Hannah Morrison said their campaign is designed to gauge interest for the bar rather than completely fund it.

"I've a large sum of money coming to me and I've been thinking about what I want to do with it," said Ms Morrison.

"I want to make things better for women gamers everywhere."