diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
index db421ec6b7..ff1d3490b4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/ScoreboardTime.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using Humanizer;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Resources.Localisation.Web;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores
 {
@@ -15,7 +17,40 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores
 
         protected override string Format()
         {
-            return base.Format();
+            var now = DateTime.Now;
+            var difference = now - Date;
+
+            // web uses momentjs's custom locales to format the date for the purposes of the scoreboard.
+            // this is intended to be a best-effort, more legible approximation of that.
+            // compare:
+            // * https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/a8f5a68fb435cb19a4faa4c7c4bce08c4f096933/resources/assets/lib/scoreboard-time.tsx
+            // * https://momentjs.com/docs/#/customization/ (reference for the customisation format)
+
+            // TODO: support localisation (probably via `CommonStrings.CountHours()` etc.)
+            // requires pluralisable string support framework-side
+
+            if (difference.TotalHours < 1)
+                return CommonStrings.TimeNow.ToString();
+            if (difference.TotalDays < 1)
+                return "hr".ToQuantity((int)difference.TotalHours);
+
+            // this is where this gets more complicated because of how the calendar works.
+            // since there's no `TotalMonths` / `TotalYears`, we have to iteratively add months/years
+            // and test against cutoff dates to determine how many months/years to show.
+
+            if (Date > now.AddMonths(-1))
+                return difference.TotalDays < 2 ? "1dy" : $"{(int)difference.TotalDays}dys";
+
+            for (int months = 1; months <= 11; ++months)
+            {
+                if (Date > now.AddMonths(-(months + 1)))
+                    return months == 1 ? "1mo" : $"{months}mos";
+            }
+
+            int years = 1;
+            while (Date <= now.AddYears(-(years + 1)))
+                years += 1;
+            return years == 1 ? "1yr" : $"{years}yrs";
         }
     }
 }