diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCasePlaySongSelect.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCasePlaySongSelect.cs
index dab7f7e037..b94fb42bf0 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCasePlaySongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCasePlaySongSelect.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Select;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Select.Filter;
-using osu.Game.Tests.Platform;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 {
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         private RulesetStore rulesets;
 
         private WorkingBeatmap defaultBeatmap;
+        private DatabaseContextFactory factory;
 
         public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[]
         {
@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
         {
             TestSongSelect songSelect = null;
 
-            var storage = new TestStorage(@"TestCasePlaySongSelect");
+            factory = new DatabaseContextFactory(LocalStorage);
+            factory.ResetDatabase();
 
-            // this is by no means clean. should be replacing inside of OsuGameBase somehow.
-            IDatabaseContextFactory factory = new SingletonContextFactory(new OsuDbContext());
+            using (var usage = factory.Get())
+                usage.Migrate();
 
             Dependencies.Cache(rulesets = new RulesetStore(factory));
-            Dependencies.Cache(manager = new BeatmapManager(storage, factory, rulesets, null, null)
+            Dependencies.Cache(manager = new BeatmapManager(LocalStorage, factory, rulesets, null, null)
             {
                 DefaultBeatmap = defaultBeatmap = Beatmap.Default
             });
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
index 5160239c38..c20d4569f6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/DatabaseContextFactory.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 {
     public class DatabaseContextFactory : IDatabaseContextFactory
     {
-        private readonly GameHost host;
+        private readonly Storage storage;
 
         private const string database_name = @"client";
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         private IDbContextTransaction currentWriteTransaction;
 
-        public DatabaseContextFactory(GameHost host)
+        public DatabaseContextFactory(Storage storage)
         {
-            this.host = host;
+            this.storage = storage;
             recycleThreadContexts();
         }
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         private void recycleThreadContexts() => threadContexts = new ThreadLocal<OsuDbContext>(CreateContext);
 
-        protected virtual OsuDbContext CreateContext() => new OsuDbContext(host.Storage.GetDatabaseConnectionString(database_name))
+        protected virtual OsuDbContext CreateContext() => new OsuDbContext(storage.GetDatabaseConnectionString(database_name))
         {
             Database = { AutoTransactionsEnabled = false }
         };
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 recycleThreadContexts();
                 GC.Collect();
                 GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
-                host.Storage.DeleteDatabase(database_name);
+                storage.DeleteDatabase(database_name);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/SingletonContextFactory.cs b/osu.Game/Database/SingletonContextFactory.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a7158c0583..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Database/SingletonContextFactory.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-namespace osu.Game.Database
-{
-    public class SingletonContextFactory : IDatabaseContextFactory
-    {
-        private readonly OsuDbContext context;
-
-        public SingletonContextFactory(OsuDbContext context)
-        {
-            this.context = context;
-        }
-
-        public OsuDbContext Get() => context;
-
-        public DatabaseWriteUsage GetForWrite(bool withTransaction = true) => new DatabaseWriteUsage(context, null) { IsTransactionLeader = true };
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index a9b74d6740..63cc883844 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace osu.Game
         {
             Resources.AddStore(new DllResourceStore(@"osu.Game.Resources.dll"));
 
-            dependencies.Cache(contextFactory = new DatabaseContextFactory(Host));
+            dependencies.Cache(contextFactory = new DatabaseContextFactory(Host.Storage));
 
             dependencies.Cache(new LargeTextureStore(new RawTextureLoaderStore(new NamespacedResourceStore<byte[]>(Resources, @"Textures"))));
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Platform/TestStorage.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Platform/TestStorage.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b31c7b4d0..0000000000
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Platform/TestStorage.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
-// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
-
-using osu.Framework.Platform;
-
-namespace osu.Game.Tests.Platform
-{
-    public class TestStorage : DesktopStorage
-    {
-        public TestStorage(string baseName) : base(baseName, null)
-        {
-        }
-
-        public override string GetDatabaseConnectionString(string name)
-        {
-            return "DataSource=:memory:";
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/OsuTestCase.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/OsuTestCase.cs
index fcbab5b8f5..8e09ec849c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/OsuTestCase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/OsuTestCase.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
 // Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
 
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
 using osu.Framework.Configuration;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 
         protected DependencyContainer Dependencies { get; private set; }
 
+        private readonly Lazy<Storage> localStorage;
+        protected Storage LocalStorage => localStorage.Value;
+
         protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
         {
             Dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateChildDependencies(parent));
@@ -33,6 +38,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             return Dependencies;
         }
 
+        protected OsuTestCase()
+        {
+            localStorage = new Lazy<Storage>(() => new DesktopStorage($"{GetType().Name}-{Guid.NewGuid()}", null));
+        }
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(AudioManager audioManager, RulesetStore rulesets)
         {
@@ -50,6 +60,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
                 beatmap.Disabled = true;
                 beatmap.Value.Track.Stop();
             }
+
+            if (localStorage.IsValueCreated)
+                localStorage.Value.DeleteDirectory(".");
         }
 
         protected override ITestCaseTestRunner CreateRunner() => new OsuTestCaseTestRunner();