diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
index dc8df28e6a..e5c3647f99 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
 
         public override string ShortName => SHORT_NAME;
 
+        public override string PlayingVerb => "Catching fruit";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = OsuIcon.RulesetCatch };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(WorkingBeatmap beatmap) => new CatchDifficultyCalculator(this, beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
index c50f4314a3..02c2158383 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
 
         public override string ShortName => SHORT_NAME;
 
+        public override string PlayingVerb => "Smashing keys";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = OsuIcon.RulesetMania };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(WorkingBeatmap beatmap) => new ManiaDifficultyCalculator(this, beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
index 36346eb78a..148869f5e8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu
 
         public override string ShortName => SHORT_NAME;
 
+        public override string PlayingVerb => "Clicking circles";
+
         public override RulesetSettingsSubsection CreateSettings() => new OsuSettingsSubsection(this);
 
         public override ISkin CreateLegacySkinProvider(ISkinSource source) => new OsuLegacySkinTransformer(source);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
index 536cbdc562..fc79e59864 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko
 
         public override string ShortName => SHORT_NAME;
 
+        public override string PlayingVerb => "Bashing drums";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = OsuIcon.RulesetTaiko };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(WorkingBeatmap beatmap) => new TaikoDifficultyCalculator(this, beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
index 693d85c574..c38a5c6af7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Difficulty;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osu.Game.Users;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
                 ShortName = ShortName,
                 ID = (this as ILegacyRuleset)?.LegacyID,
                 InstantiationInfo = GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName,
-                Available = true
+                Available = true,
             };
         }
 
@@ -121,6 +122,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         /// </summary>
         public abstract string ShortName { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The playing verb to be shown in the <see cref="UserActivity.SoloGame.Status"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual string PlayingVerb => "Playing solo";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A list of available variant ids.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Users/UserActivity.cs b/osu.Game/Users/UserActivity.cs
index 8030fc55a2..3c9f201805 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Users/UserActivity.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Users/UserActivity.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Users
@@ -44,15 +45,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Users
         {
             public BeatmapInfo Beatmap { get; }
 
-            public Rulesets.RulesetInfo Ruleset { get; }
+            public RulesetInfo Ruleset { get; }
 
-            public SoloGame(BeatmapInfo info, Rulesets.RulesetInfo ruleset)
+            public SoloGame(BeatmapInfo info, RulesetInfo ruleset)
             {
                 Beatmap = info;
                 Ruleset = ruleset;
             }
 
-            public override string Status => @"Playing alone";
+            public override string Status => Ruleset.CreateInstance().PlayingVerb;
         }
 
         public class Spectating : UserActivity