diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
index 7e48bc5cdd..18931c462f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Select.Filter;
@@ -65,16 +64,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
 
             if (criteria.SearchTerms.Length > 0)
             {
-                var terms = BeatmapInfo.GetSearchableTerms();
+                var searchableTerms = BeatmapInfo.GetSearchableTerms();
 
-                foreach (string criteriaTerm in criteria.SearchTerms)
+                foreach (FilterCriteria.OptionalTextFilter criteriaTerm in criteria.SearchTerms)
                 {
                     bool any = false;
 
                     // ReSharper disable once ForeachCanBeConvertedToQueryUsingAnotherGetEnumerator
-                    foreach (string term in terms)
+                    foreach (string searchTerm in searchableTerms)
                     {
-                        if (!term.Contains(criteriaTerm, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) continue;
+                        if (!criteriaTerm.Matches(searchTerm)) continue;
 
                         any = true;
                         break;
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
             if (!match) return false;
 
             match &= criteria.CollectionBeatmapMD5Hashes?.Contains(BeatmapInfo.MD5Hash) ?? true;
-
             if (match && criteria.RulesetCriteria != null)
                 match &= criteria.RulesetCriteria.Matches(BeatmapInfo);
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
index 2be8c71e21..3fcc8d5476 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-#nullable enable
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+#nullable enable
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Collections;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             IsUpperInclusive = true
         };
 
-        public string[] SearchTerms = Array.Empty<string>();
+        public OptionalTextFilter[] SearchTerms = Array.Empty<OptionalTextFilter>();
 
         public RulesetInfo? Ruleset;
         public bool AllowConvertedBeatmaps;
@@ -56,11 +60,29 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             set
             {
                 searchText = value;
-                SearchTerms = searchText.Split(' ', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToArray();
+
+                List<OptionalTextFilter> terms = new List<OptionalTextFilter>();
+
+                string remainingText = value;
+
+                // First handle quoted segments to ensure we keep inline spaces in exact matches.
+                foreach (Match quotedSegment in Regex.Matches(searchText, "(\"[^\"]+\")"))
+                {
+                    terms.Add(new OptionalTextFilter { SearchTerm = quotedSegment.Value });
+                    remainingText = remainingText.Replace(quotedSegment.Value, string.Empty);
+                }
+
+                // Then handle the rest splitting on any spaces.
+                terms.AddRange(remainingText.Split(' ', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Select(s => new OptionalTextFilter
+                {
+                    SearchTerm = s
+                }));
+
+                SearchTerms = terms.ToArray();
 
                 SearchNumber = null;
 
-                if (SearchTerms.Length == 1 && int.TryParse(SearchTerms[0], out int parsed))
+                if (SearchTerms.Length == 1 && int.TryParse(SearchTerms[0].SearchTerm, out int parsed))
                     SearchNumber = parsed;
             }
         }
@@ -120,6 +142,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
         {
             public bool HasFilter => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(SearchTerm);
 
+            public bool Exact { get; private set; }
+
             public bool Matches(string value)
             {
                 if (!HasFilter)
@@ -129,10 +153,23 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
                     return false;
 
+                if (Exact)
+                    return Regex.IsMatch(value, $@"(^|\s){searchTerm}($|\s)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+
                 return value.Contains(SearchTerm, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
             }
 
-            public string SearchTerm;
+            private string searchTerm;
+
+            public string SearchTerm
+            {
+                get => searchTerm;
+                set
+                {
+                    searchTerm = value.Trim('"');
+                    Exact = searchTerm != value;
+                }
+            }
 
             public bool Equals(OptionalTextFilter other) => SearchTerm == other.SearchTerm;
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
index c86554ddbc..474a9fdfea 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             switch (op)
             {
                 case Operator.Equal:
-                    textFilter.SearchTerm = value.Trim('"');
+                    textFilter.SearchTerm = value;
                     return true;
 
                 default: