diff --git a/app/database/beatmap.py b/app/database/beatmap.py
index 029915f..2cfb3a6 100644
--- a/app/database/beatmap.py
+++ b/app/database/beatmap.py
@@ -193,11 +193,9 @@ class BeatmapResp(BeatmapBase):
         if session:
             beatmap_["playcount"] = (
                 await session.exec(
-                    select(func.count())
-                    .select_from(BeatmapPlaycounts)
-                    .where(BeatmapPlaycounts.beatmap_id == beatmap.id)
+                    select(func.sum(BeatmapPlaycounts.playcount)).where(BeatmapPlaycounts.beatmap_id == beatmap.id)
                 )
-            ).one()
+            ).first() or 0
             beatmap_["passcount"] = (
                 await session.exec(
                     select(func.count())
diff --git a/app/database/beatmapset.py b/app/database/beatmapset.py
index 98e53b5..fd58c8b 100644
--- a/app/database/beatmapset.py
+++ b/app/database/beatmapset.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NotRequired, Self, TypedDict
 
 from app.config import settings
+from app.database.beatmap_playcounts import BeatmapPlaycounts
 from app.models.beatmap import BeatmapRankStatus, Genre, Language
 from app.models.score import GameMode
 
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ class BeatmapsetBase(SQLModel):
     covers: BeatmapCovers | None = Field(sa_column=Column(JSON))
     creator: str = Field(index=True)
     nsfw: bool = Field(default=False, sa_column=Column(Boolean))
-    play_count: int = Field(index=True)
     preview_url: str
     source: str = Field(default="")
 
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ class BeatmapsetResp(BeatmapsetBase):
     has_favourited: bool = False
     favourite_count: int = 0
     recent_favourites: list[UserResp] = Field(default_factory=list)
+    play_count: int = 0
 
     @field_validator(
         "nsfw",
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ class BeatmapsetResp(BeatmapsetBase):
         session: AsyncSession | None = None,
         user: User | None = None,
     ) -> "BeatmapsetResp":
-        from .beatmap import BeatmapResp
+        from .beatmap import Beatmap, BeatmapResp
         from .favourite_beatmapset import FavouriteBeatmapset
 
         update = {
@@ -331,6 +332,14 @@ class BeatmapsetResp(BeatmapsetBase):
                     .where(FavouriteBeatmapset.beatmapset_id == beatmapset.id)
                 )
             ).one()
+
+            update["play_count"] = (
+                await session.exec(
+                    select(func.sum(BeatmapPlaycounts.playcount)).where(
+                        col(BeatmapPlaycounts.beatmap).has(col(Beatmap.beatmapset_id) == beatmapset.id)
+                    )
+                )
+            ).first() or 0
         return cls.model_validate(
             update,
         )
diff --git a/app/database/score.py b/app/database/score.py
index 32fd067..1e70136 100644
--- a/app/database/score.py
+++ b/app/database/score.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from app.calculator import (
     pre_fetch_and_calculate_pp,
 )
 from app.config import settings
+from app.database.beatmap_playcounts import BeatmapPlaycounts
 from app.database.team import TeamMember
 from app.dependencies.database import get_redis
 from app.log import log
@@ -1206,6 +1207,9 @@ async def _process_statistics(
         statistics.play_count += 1
         mouthly_playcount.count += 1
         statistics.play_time += playtime
+
+        await _process_beatmap_playcount(session, score.beatmap_id, user.id)
+
         logger.debug(
             "Recorded playtime {playtime}s for score {score_id} (user {user_id})",
             playtime=playtime,
@@ -1254,6 +1258,33 @@ async def _process_statistics(
         )
 
 
+async def _process_beatmap_playcount(session: AsyncSession, beatmap_id: int, user_id: int):
+    beatmap_playcount = (
+        await session.exec(
+            select(BeatmapPlaycounts).where(
+                BeatmapPlaycounts.beatmap_id == beatmap_id,
+                BeatmapPlaycounts.user_id == user_id,
+            )
+        )
+    ).first()
+    if beatmap_playcount is None:
+        beatmap_playcount = BeatmapPlaycounts(beatmap_id=beatmap_id, user_id=user_id, playcount=1)
+        session.add(beatmap_playcount)
+        logger.debug(
+            "Created beatmap playcount record for user {user_id} on beatmap {beatmap_id}",
+            user_id=user_id,
+            beatmap_id=beatmap_id,
+        )
+    else:
+        beatmap_playcount.playcount += 1
+        logger.debug(
+            "Incremented beatmap playcount for user {user_id} on beatmap {beatmap_id} to {count}",
+            user_id=user_id,
+            beatmap_id=beatmap_id,
+            count=beatmap_playcount.playcount,
+        )
+
+
 async def process_user(
     session: AsyncSession,
     redis: Redis,
diff --git a/migrations/versions/2025-10-04_ee13ad926584_beatmapset_remove_play_count.py b/migrations/versions/2025-10-04_ee13ad926584_beatmapset_remove_play_count.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fb2893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/2025-10-04_ee13ad926584_beatmapset_remove_play_count.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""beatmapset: remove play_count
+
+Revision ID: ee13ad926584
+Revises: 9556cd2ec11f
+Create Date: 2025-10-04 10:48:00.985529
+
+"""
+
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision: str = "ee13ad926584"
+down_revision: str | Sequence[str] | None = "9556cd2ec11f"
+branch_labels: str | Sequence[str] | None = None
+depends_on: str | Sequence[str] | None = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    """Upgrade schema."""
+    op.drop_column("beatmapsets", "play_count")
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    """Downgrade schema."""
+    op.add_column("beatmapsets", sa.Column("play_count", sa.Integer(), nullable=False))