diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
index e0a25deecf..d54936ffda 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OsuScreen.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Menu;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
+using osu.Game.Users;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens
 {
@@ -50,6 +52,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
         protected new OsuGameBase Game => base.Game as OsuGameBase;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The <see cref="UserStatus"/> to set the user's status automatically to when this screen is entered / resumed.
+        /// Note that the user status won't be automatically set if :
+        /// <para>- <see cref="ScreenStatus"/> is overriden and returns null</para>
+        /// <para>- The current <see cref="UserStatus"/> is <see cref="UserStatusDoNotDisturb"/> or <see cref="UserStatusOffline"/></para>
+        /// </summary>
+        protected virtual UserStatus ScreenStatus => new UserStatusOnline();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether to disallow changes to game-wise Beatmap/Ruleset bindables for this screen (and all children).
         /// </summary>
@@ -83,6 +93,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
         [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
         private OsuLogo logo { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
+        private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
+
         protected OsuScreen()
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
@@ -115,6 +128,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
             sampleExit?.Play();
             applyArrivingDefaults(true);
 
+            setUserStatus(ScreenStatus);
+
             base.OnResuming(last);
         }
 
@@ -130,6 +145,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
 
             backgroundStack?.Push(localBackground = CreateBackground());
 
+            setUserStatus(ScreenStatus);
+
             base.OnEntering(last);
         }
 
@@ -147,6 +164,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens
             return false;
         }
 
+        private void setUserStatus(UserStatus status)
+        {
+            if (api != null && status != null && !(api.LocalUser.Value.Status.Value is UserStatusDoNotDisturb) && !(api.LocalUser.Value.Status.Value is UserStatusOffline)) //only sets the user's status to the given one if
+                api.LocalUser.Value.Status.Value = status; //status is not null and the current status isn't either UserStatusDoNotDisturb or UserStatusOffline
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Fired when this screen was entered or resumed and the logo state is required to be adjusted.
         /// </summary>