diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 81e3d8bed8..8bda8fb6c2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -678,12 +678,14 @@ namespace osu.Game
         /// <summary>
         /// Allows a maximum of one unhandled exception, per second of execution.
         /// </summary>
-        private bool onExceptionThrown(Exception _)
+        private bool onExceptionThrown(Exception ex)
         {
             bool continueExecution = Interlocked.Decrement(ref allowableExceptions) >= 0;
 
             Logger.Log($"Unhandled exception has been {(continueExecution ? $"allowed with {allowableExceptions} more allowable exceptions" : "denied")} .");
 
+            RulesetStore.TryDisableCustomRulesetsCausing(ex);
+
             // restore the stock of allowable exceptions after a short delay.
             Task.Delay(1000).ContinueWith(_ => Interlocked.Increment(ref allowableExceptions));
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
index ba6f4583d1..36eae7af2c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RealmRulesetStore.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
+using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Database;
@@ -13,17 +16,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 {
     public class RealmRulesetStore : RulesetStore
     {
+        private readonly RealmAccess realmAccess;
         public override IEnumerable<RulesetInfo> AvailableRulesets => availableRulesets;
 
         private readonly List<RulesetInfo> availableRulesets = new List<RulesetInfo>();
 
-        public RealmRulesetStore(RealmAccess realm, Storage? storage = null)
+        public RealmRulesetStore(RealmAccess realmAccess, Storage? storage = null)
             : base(storage)
         {
-            prepareDetachedRulesets(realm);
+            this.realmAccess = realmAccess;
+            prepareDetachedRulesets();
+            informUserAboutBrokenRulesets();
         }
 
-        private void prepareDetachedRulesets(RealmAccess realmAccess)
+        private void prepareDetachedRulesets()
         {
             realmAccess.Write(realm =>
             {
@@ -143,5 +149,41 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 
             instance.CreateBeatmapProcessor(converter.Convert());
         }
+
+        private void informUserAboutBrokenRulesets()
+        {
+            if (RulesetStorage == null)
+                return;
+
+            foreach (string brokenRulesetDll in RulesetStorage.GetFiles(@".", @"*.dll.broken"))
+            {
+                Logger.Log($"Ruleset '{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(brokenRulesetDll)}' has been disabled due to causing a crash.\n\n"
+                           + "Please update the ruleset or report the issue to the developers of the ruleset if no updates are available.", level: LogLevel.Important);
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal void TryDisableCustomRulesetsCausing(Exception exception)
+        {
+            var stackTrace = new StackTrace(exception);
+
+            foreach (var frame in stackTrace.GetFrames())
+            {
+                var declaringAssembly = frame.GetMethod()?.DeclaringType?.Assembly;
+                if (declaringAssembly == null)
+                    continue;
+
+                if (UserRulesetAssemblies.Contains(declaringAssembly))
+                {
+                    string sourceLocation = declaringAssembly.Location;
+                    string destinationLocation = Path.ChangeExtension(sourceLocation, @".dll.broken");
+
+                    if (File.Exists(sourceLocation))
+                    {
+                        Logger.Log($"Unhandled exception traced back to custom ruleset {Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(sourceLocation)}. Marking as broken.");
+                        File.Move(sourceLocation, destinationLocation);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index ac36ee6494..f33d42a53e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         private const string ruleset_library_prefix = @"osu.Game.Rulesets";
 
         protected readonly Dictionary<Assembly, Type> LoadedAssemblies = new Dictionary<Assembly, Type>();
+        protected readonly HashSet<Assembly> UserRulesetAssemblies = new HashSet<Assembly>();
+        protected readonly Storage? RulesetStorage;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// All available rulesets.
@@ -41,9 +43,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
             // to load as unable to locate the game core assembly.
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += resolveRulesetDependencyAssembly;
 
-            var rulesetStorage = storage?.GetStorageForDirectory(@"rulesets");
-            if (rulesetStorage != null)
-                loadUserRulesets(rulesetStorage);
+            RulesetStorage = storage?.GetStorageForDirectory(@"rulesets");
+            if (RulesetStorage != null)
+                loadUserRulesets(RulesetStorage);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -105,7 +107,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
             var rulesets = rulesetStorage.GetFiles(@".", @$"{ruleset_library_prefix}.*.dll");
 
             foreach (string? ruleset in rulesets.Where(f => !f.Contains(@"Tests")))
-                loadRulesetFromFile(rulesetStorage.GetFullPath(ruleset));
+            {
+                var assembly = loadRulesetFromFile(rulesetStorage.GetFullPath(ruleset));
+                if (assembly != null)
+                    UserRulesetAssemblies.Add(assembly);
+            }
         }
 
         private void loadFromDisk()
@@ -126,21 +132,25 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
             }
         }
 
-        private void loadRulesetFromFile(string file)
+        private Assembly? loadRulesetFromFile(string file)
         {
             string filename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(file);
 
             if (LoadedAssemblies.Values.Any(t => Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(t.Assembly.Location) == filename))
-                return;
+                return null;
 
             try
             {
-                addRuleset(Assembly.LoadFrom(file));
+                var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(file);
+                addRuleset(assembly);
+                return assembly;
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 LogFailedLoad(filename, e);
             }
+
+            return null;
         }
 
         private void addRuleset(Assembly assembly)