diff --git a/src/dashboard/scoreko-dev/stores/game-assets.ts b/src/dashboard/scoreko-dev/stores/game-assets.ts
index e801877..ef3968e 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/scoreko-dev/stores/game-assets.ts
+++ b/src/dashboard/scoreko-dev/stores/game-assets.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ export const useGameAssetsStore = defineStore('game-assets', () => {
   };
 
   const refreshInstalledGames = async () => {
-    const availableResponse = await sendNodecgMessage<RemoteGame[]>('scoreko-assets:listRemoteGames');
-    availableGames.value = Array.isArray(availableResponse) ? availableResponse : [];
+    try {
+      const availableResponse = await sendNodecgMessage<RemoteGame[]>('scoreko-assets:listRemoteGames');
+      availableGames.value = Array.isArray(availableResponse) ? availableResponse : [];
+    } catch {
+      availableGames.value = [];
+    }
+
     const response = await sendNodecgMessage<string[]>('scoreko-assets:listInstalled');
     installedGames.value = Array.isArray(response) ? response : [];
     const configResponse = await sendNodecgMessage<{ assetsBaseUrl?: string }>('scoreko-assets:getAssetsBaseUrl');
diff --git a/src/extension/game-assets.ts b/src/extension/game-assets.ts
index ced286a..32de4ba 100644
--- a/src/extension/game-assets.ts
+++ b/src/extension/game-assets.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, rm, stat, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { mkdir, readFile, readdir, rename, rm, stat, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { nodecg } from './util/nodecg.js';
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { nodecg } from './util/nodecg.js';
 const CHARACTER_NAMES_FILE = 'fighting-characters.json';
 const LOCAL_MANIFEST_FILE = 'manifest.json';
 const GAME_TITLES_FILE = 'games.json';
+const CACHED_GAME_TITLES_FILE = 'games-cache.json';
 
 type RemoteGame = {
   title: string;
@@ -35,7 +36,35 @@ type HttpGameTitlesFile = Record<string, unknown> | HttpGameTitleEntry[];
 
 const extensionDir = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const bundleRoot = path.resolve(extensionDir, '..');
-const assetsRoot = path.join(bundleRoot, 'game-assets');
+const legacyAssetsRoot = path.join(bundleRoot, 'game-assets');
+const assetsRoot = path.join(bundleRoot, 'db', `${nodecg.bundleName}-game-assets`);
+
+let assetsStorageReady = false;
+
+const ensureAssetsStorageReady = async () => {
+  if (assetsStorageReady) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await mkdir(path.dirname(assetsRoot), { recursive: true });
+
+  const [currentStats, legacyStats] = await Promise.all([
+    stat(assetsRoot).catch(() => null),
+    stat(legacyAssetsRoot).catch(() => null),
+  ]);
+
+  if (!currentStats && legacyStats?.isDirectory()) {
+    await rename(legacyAssetsRoot, assetsRoot).catch(async () => {
+      await mkdir(assetsRoot, { recursive: true });
+    });
+  } else {
+    await mkdir(assetsRoot, { recursive: true });
+  }
+
+  assetsStorageReady = true;
+};
+
+void ensureAssetsStorageReady();
 
 const assetsRouter = nodecg.Router();
 
@@ -183,6 +212,26 @@ const fetchCustomGameTitles = async (): Promise<Map<string, string>> => {
   }
 };
 
+const loadCachedGameTitles = async (): Promise<Map<string, string>> => {
+  await ensureAssetsStorageReady();
+  const cachePath = path.join(assetsRoot, CACHED_GAME_TITLES_FILE);
+
+  try {
+    const raw = await readFile(cachePath, 'utf8');
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
+    return parseGameTitlesMap(parsed);
+  } catch {
+    return new Map<string, string>();
+  }
+};
+
+const saveCachedGameTitles = async (titles: Map<string, string>) => {
+  await ensureAssetsStorageReady();
+  const cachePath = path.join(assetsRoot, CACHED_GAME_TITLES_FILE);
+  const payload = Object.fromEntries([...titles.entries()].sort((left, right) => left[0].localeCompare(right[0])));
+  await writeFile(cachePath, JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2));
+};
+
 const listRemoteGames = async (): Promise<RemoteGame[]> => {
   const baseUrl = getConfiguredAssetsBaseUrl();
   const gamesIndexUrl = `${baseUrl}/games/`;
@@ -240,10 +289,22 @@ const listHttpFiles = async (game: RemoteGame): Promise<AssetFileEntry[]> => {
 };
 
 const listInstalledGames = async () => {
+  await ensureAssetsStorageReady();
   const entries = await readdir(assetsRoot, { withFileTypes: true }).catch(() => []);
   return entries.filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory()).map((entry) => entry.name).sort((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 };
 
+const listInstalledGamesAsRemote = async (): Promise<RemoteGame[]> => {
+  const installedGames = await listInstalledGames();
+  const cachedTitles = await loadCachedGameTitles();
+  return installedGames.map((slug) => ({
+    slug,
+    repoFolder: slug,
+    title: cachedTitles.get(slug) ?? titleFromSlug(slug),
+    logoFile: `${slug}.png`,
+  }));
+};
+
 const parseCharacterNames = (content: string, gameTitle: string) => {
   const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as unknown;
   const names = Array.isArray(parsed)
@@ -277,6 +338,7 @@ const listInstalledCharacterNamesByGame = async () => {
 };
 
 const downloadGameAssets = async (gameSlug: string) => {
+  await ensureAssetsStorageReady();
   const customTitles = await fetchCustomGameTitles();
   const game: RemoteGame = {
     slug: gameSlug,
@@ -330,6 +392,7 @@ const downloadGameAssets = async (gameSlug: string) => {
 };
 
 const removeGameAssets = async (gameSlug: string) => {
+  await ensureAssetsStorageReady();
   const customTitles = await fetchCustomGameTitles();
   const destinationFolder = path.join(assetsRoot, gameSlug);
   await rm(destinationFolder, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -346,8 +409,24 @@ nodecg.listenFor('scoreko-assets:listRemoteGames', async (_payload: unknown, ack
   }
 
   try {
-    ack(null, await listRemoteGames());
+    const remoteGames = await listRemoteGames();
+    const titlesToCache = new Map<string, string>();
+    remoteGames.forEach((game) => {
+      titlesToCache.set(game.slug, game.title);
+    });
+    await saveCachedGameTitles(titlesToCache);
+    ack(null, remoteGames);
   } catch (error) {
+    try {
+      const installedGames = await listInstalledGamesAsRemote();
+      if (installedGames.length > 0) {
+        ack(null, installedGames);
+        return;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // noop
+    }
+
     ack((error as Error).message);
   }
 });