diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUDOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUDOverlay.cs
index 676a08b434..abfed1acd0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUDOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUDOverlay.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         private readonly FillFlowContainer bottomRightElements;
         private readonly FillFlowContainer topRightElements;
 
-        internal readonly IBindable<bool> IsBreakTime = new Bindable<bool>();
+        internal readonly IBindable<bool> IsPlaying = new Bindable<bool>();
 
         private bool holdingForHUD;
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
             ShowHud.BindValueChanged(visible => hideTargets.ForEach(d => d.FadeTo(visible.NewValue ? 1 : 0, FADE_DURATION, FADE_EASING)));
 
-            IsBreakTime.BindValueChanged(_ => updateVisibility());
+            IsPlaying.BindValueChanged(_ => updateVisibility());
             configVisibilityMode.BindValueChanged(_ => updateVisibility(), true);
 
             replayLoaded.BindValueChanged(replayLoadedValueChanged, true);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
                 case HUDVisibilityMode.HideDuringGameplay:
                     // always show during replay as we want the seek bar to be visible.
-                    ShowHud.Value = replayLoaded.Value || IsBreakTime.Value;
+                    ShowHud.Value = replayLoaded.Value || !IsPlaying.Value;
                     break;
 
                 case HUDVisibilityMode.Always:
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index 2d5a67758a..ae3eb1ed8b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
         private void updateGameplayState()
         {
-            bool inGameplay = !DrawableRuleset.HasReplayLoaded.Value && !DrawableRuleset.IsPaused.Value && !breakTracker.IsBreakTime.Value;
+            bool inGameplay = !DrawableRuleset.HasReplayLoaded.Value && !DrawableRuleset.IsPaused.Value && !breakTracker.IsBreakTime.Value && !GameplayState.HasFailed;
             OverlayActivationMode.Value = inGameplay ? OverlayActivation.Disabled : OverlayActivation.UserTriggered;
             localUserPlaying.Value = inGameplay;
         }
@@ -812,6 +812,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             GameplayState.HasFailed = true;
             Score.ScoreInfo.Passed = false;
 
+            updateGameplayState();
+
             // There is a chance that we could be in a paused state as the ruleset's internal clock (see FrameStabilityContainer)
             // could process an extra frame after the GameplayClock is stopped.
             // In such cases we want the fail state to precede a user triggered pause.
@@ -945,7 +947,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
                 failAnimationLayer.Background = b;
             });
 
-            HUDOverlay.IsBreakTime.BindTo(breakTracker.IsBreakTime);
+            HUDOverlay.IsPlaying.BindTo(localUserPlaying);
             DimmableStoryboard.IsBreakTime.BindTo(breakTracker.IsBreakTime);
 
             DimmableStoryboard.StoryboardReplacesBackground.BindTo(storyboardReplacesBackground);