diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/DrawableOsuEditRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/DrawableOsuEditRuleset.cs
index cc08d356f9..3437af8c1e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/DrawableOsuEditRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/DrawableOsuEditRuleset.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI;
 using osuTK;
@@ -12,11 +16,36 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
 {
     public class DrawableOsuEditRuleset : DrawableOsuRuleset
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Hit objects are intentionally made to fade out at a constant slower rate than in gameplay.
+        /// This allows a mapper to gain better historical context and use recent hitobjects as reference / snap points.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const double editor_hit_object_fade_out_extension = 500;
+
         public DrawableOsuEditRuleset(Ruleset ruleset, IWorkingBeatmap beatmap, IReadOnlyList<Mod> mods)
             : base(ruleset, beatmap, mods)
         {
         }
 
+        public override DrawableHitObject<OsuHitObject> CreateDrawableRepresentation(OsuHitObject h)
+            => base.CreateDrawableRepresentation(h)?.With(d => d.ApplyCustomUpdateState += updateState);
+
+        private void updateState(DrawableHitObject hitObject, ArmedState state)
+        {
+            switch (state)
+            {
+                case ArmedState.Miss:
+                    // Get the existing fade out transform
+                    var existing = hitObject.Transforms.LastOrDefault(t => t.TargetMember == nameof(Alpha));
+                    if (existing == null)
+                        return;
+
+                    using (hitObject.BeginAbsoluteSequence(existing.StartTime))
+                        hitObject.FadeOut(editor_hit_object_fade_out_extension).Expire();
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
         protected override Playfield CreatePlayfield() => new OsuPlayfieldNoCursor();
 
         public override PlayfieldAdjustmentContainer CreatePlayfieldAdjustmentContainer() => new OsuPlayfieldAdjustmentContainer { Size = Vector2.One };