diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/ToStringFormattingTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/ToStringFormattingTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c477bbd9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/ToStringFormattingTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Users;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class ToStringFormattingTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void TestArtistTitle()
+        {
+            var beatmap = new BeatmapInfo
+            {
+                Metadata = new BeatmapMetadata
+                {
+                    Artist = "artist",
+                    Title = "title"
+                }
+            };
+
+            Assert.That(beatmap.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("artist - title"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestArtistTitleCreator()
+        {
+            var beatmap = new BeatmapInfo
+            {
+                Metadata = new BeatmapMetadata
+                {
+                    Artist = "artist",
+                    Title = "title",
+                    Author = new User { Username = "creator" }
+                }
+            };
+
+            Assert.That(beatmap.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("artist - title (creator)"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestArtistTitleCreatorDifficulty()
+        {
+            var beatmap = new BeatmapInfo
+            {
+                Metadata = new BeatmapMetadata
+                {
+                    Artist = "artist",
+                    Title = "title",
+                    Author = new User { Username = "creator" }
+                },
+                Version = "difficulty"
+            };
+
+            Assert.That(beatmap.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("artist - title (creator) [difficulty]"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
index 68d113ce40..90c100db05 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapInfo.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             }
         }
 
-        public override string ToString() => $"{Metadata} [{Version}]".Trim();
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            string version = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Version) ? string.Empty : $"[{Version}]";
+
+            return $"{Metadata} {version}".Trim();
+        }
 
         public bool Equals(BeatmapInfo other)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
index 001f319307..775d78f1fb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         public string AudioFile { get; set; }
         public string BackgroundFile { get; set; }
 
-        public override string ToString() => $"{Artist} - {Title} ({Author})";
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            string author = Author == null ? string.Empty : $"({Author})";
+            return $"{Artist} - {Title} {author}".Trim();
+        }
 
         [JsonIgnore]
         public string[] SearchableTerms => new[]
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 5487bd9320..609b6ce98e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
 
             var defaultBeatmap = new DummyWorkingBeatmap(Audio, Textures);
 
-            dependencies.Cache(RulesetStore = new RulesetStore(contextFactory));
+            dependencies.Cache(RulesetStore = new RulesetStore(contextFactory, Storage));
             dependencies.Cache(FileStore = new FileStore(contextFactory, Storage));
 
             // ordering is important here to ensure foreign keys rules are not broken in ModelStore.Cleanup()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index a389d4ff75..543134cfb4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
@@ -17,16 +18,24 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 
         private readonly Dictionary<Assembly, Type> loadedAssemblies = new Dictionary<Assembly, Type>();
 
-        public RulesetStore(IDatabaseContextFactory factory)
+        private readonly Storage rulesetStorage;
+
+        public RulesetStore(IDatabaseContextFactory factory, Storage storage = null)
             : base(factory)
         {
+            rulesetStorage = storage?.GetStorageForDirectory("rulesets");
+
             // On android in release configuration assemblies are loaded from the apk directly into memory.
             // We cannot read assemblies from cwd, so should check loaded assemblies instead.
             loadFromAppDomain();
             loadFromDisk();
-            addMissingRulesets();
 
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += resolveRulesetAssembly;
+            // the event handler contains code for resolving dependency on the game assembly for rulesets located outside the base game directory.
+            // It needs to be attached to the assembly lookup event before the actual call to loadUserRulesets() else rulesets located out of the base game directory will fail
+            // to load as unable to locate the game core assembly.
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += resolveRulesetDependencyAssembly;
+            loadUserRulesets();
+            addMissingRulesets();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -48,7 +57,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         /// </summary>
         public IEnumerable<RulesetInfo> AvailableRulesets { get; private set; }
 
-        private Assembly resolveRulesetAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args) => loadedAssemblies.Keys.FirstOrDefault(a => a.FullName == args.Name);
+        private Assembly resolveRulesetDependencyAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
+        {
+            var asm = new AssemblyName(args.Name);
+
+            // the requesting assembly may be located out of the executable's base directory, thus requiring manual resolving of its dependencies.
+            // this attempts resolving the ruleset dependencies on game core and framework assemblies by returning assemblies with the same assembly name
+            // already loaded in the AppDomain.
+            foreach (var curAsm in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
+            {
+                if (asm.Name.Equals(curAsm.GetName().Name, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                    return curAsm;
+            }
+
+            return loadedAssemblies.Keys.FirstOrDefault(a => a.FullName == asm.FullName);
+        }
 
         private void addMissingRulesets()
         {
@@ -120,6 +143,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
             }
         }
 
+        private void loadUserRulesets()
+        {
+            if (rulesetStorage == null) return;
+
+            var rulesets = rulesetStorage.GetFiles(".", $"{ruleset_library_prefix}.*.dll");
+
+            foreach (var ruleset in rulesets.Where(f => !f.Contains("Tests")))
+                loadRulesetFromFile(rulesetStorage.GetFullPath(ruleset));
+        }
+
         private void loadFromDisk()
         {
             try
@@ -175,7 +208,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 
         protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve -= resolveRulesetAssembly;
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve -= resolveRulesetDependencyAssembly;
         }
     }
 }