diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitCircle.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitCircle.cs
index 2e63160d36..d1ceca6d8f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitCircle.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitCircle.cs
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                     this.Delay(800).FadeOut();
                     break;
             }
+
+            Expire();
         }
 
         public Drawable ProxiedLayer => ApproachCircle;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
index bcaf73d34f..a26db06ede 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableOsuHitObject.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Judgements;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
@@ -60,6 +61,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
             PositionBindable.BindTo(HitObject.PositionBindable);
             StackHeightBindable.BindTo(HitObject.StackHeightBindable);
             ScaleBindable.BindTo(HitObject.ScaleBindable);
+
+            // Manually set to reduce the number of future alive objects to a bare minimum.
+            LifetimeStart = HitObject.StartTime - HitObject.TimePreempt;
+
+            // Arbitrary lifetime end to prevent past objects in idle states remaining alive in non-frame-stable contexts.
+            // An extra 1000ms is added to always overestimate the true lifetime, and a more exact value is set by hit transforms and the following expiry.
+            LifetimeEnd = HitObject.GetEndTime() + HitObject.HitWindows.WindowFor(HitResult.Miss) + 1000;
         }
 
         protected override void OnFree(HitObject hitObject)
@@ -85,14 +93,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 
         public virtual void Shake(double maximumLength) => shakeContainer.Shake(maximumLength);
 
-        protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
-        {
-            base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
-
-            // Manually set to reduce the number of future alive objects to a bare minimum.
-            LifetimeStart = HitObject.StartTime - HitObject.TimePreempt;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Causes this <see cref="DrawableOsuHitObject"/> to get missed, disregarding all conditions in implementations of <see cref="DrawableHitObject.CheckForResult"/>.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
index f7b1894058..14c494d909 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
@@ -193,13 +193,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
             return base.CreateNestedHitObject(hitObject);
         }
 
-        protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
-        {
-            base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
-
-            Body.FadeInFromZero(HitObject.TimeFadeIn);
-        }
-
         public readonly Bindable<bool> Tracking = new Bindable<bool>();
 
         protected override void Update()
@@ -273,6 +266,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                 base.PlaySamples();
         }
 
+        protected override void UpdateInitialTransforms()
+        {
+            base.UpdateInitialTransforms();
+
+            Body.FadeInFromZero(HitObject.TimeFadeIn);
+        }
+
         protected override void UpdateStartTimeStateTransforms()
         {
             base.UpdateStartTimeStateTransforms();
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                     break;
             }
 
-            this.FadeOut(fade_out_time, Easing.OutQuint);
+            this.FadeOut(fade_out_time, Easing.OutQuint).Expire();
         }
 
         public Drawable ProxiedLayer => HeadCircle.ProxiedLayer;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
index 87c7146a64..2a14a7c975 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSpinner.cs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
         {
             base.UpdateHitStateTransforms(state);
 
-            this.FadeOut(160);
+            this.FadeOut(160).Expire();
 
             // skin change does a rewind of transforms, which will stop the spinning sound from playing if it's currently in playback.
             isSpinning?.TriggerChange();