diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/RealmRulesetSetting.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/RealmRulesetSetting.cs
index 07e56ad8dd..3fea35ee9d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/RealmRulesetSetting.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/RealmRulesetSetting.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System;
-using osu.Game.Database;
 using Realms;
 
 #nullable enable
@@ -10,13 +8,10 @@ using Realms;
 namespace osu.Game.Configuration
 {
     [MapTo(@"RulesetSetting")]
-    public class RealmRulesetSetting : RealmObject, IHasGuidPrimaryKey
+    public class RealmRulesetSetting : RealmObject
     {
-        [PrimaryKey]
-        public Guid ID { get; set; } = Guid.NewGuid();
-
         [Indexed]
-        public int RulesetID { get; set; }
+        public string RulesetName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
         [Indexed]
         public int Variant { get; set; }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmContextFactory.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmContextFactory.cs
index 1d0da3ea5c..70ea24b581 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmContextFactory.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmContextFactory.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Framework.Statistics;
+using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Input.Bindings;
 using osu.Game.Models;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// 7    2021-10-18    Changed OnlineID fields to non-nullable to add indexing support.
         /// 8    2021-10-29    Rebind scroll adjust keys to not have control modifier.
         /// 9    2021-11-04    Converted BeatmapMetadata.Author from string to RealmUser.
+        /// 10   2021-11-22    Use ShortName instead of RulesetID for ruleset settings.
         /// </summary>
-        private const int schema_version = 9;
+        private const int schema_version = 10;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Lock object which is held during <see cref="BlockAllOperations"/> sections, blocking context creation during blocking periods.
@@ -236,6 +238,28 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                         };
                     }
 
+                    break;
+
+                case 10:
+                    string rulesetSettingClassName = getMappedOrOriginalName(typeof(RealmRulesetSetting));
+
+                    var oldSettings = migration.OldRealm.DynamicApi.All(rulesetSettingClassName);
+                    var newSettings = migration.NewRealm.All<RealmRulesetSetting>().ToList();
+
+                    for (int i = 0; i < newSettings.Count; i++)
+                    {
+                        dynamic? oldItem = oldSettings.ElementAt(i);
+                        var newItem = newSettings.ElementAt(i);
+
+                        long rulesetId = oldItem.RulesetID;
+                        string? rulesetName = rulesets?.GetRuleset((int)rulesetId)?.ShortName;
+
+                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(rulesetName))
+                            migration.NewRealm.Remove(newItem);
+                        else
+                            newItem.RulesetName = rulesetName;
+                    }
+
                     break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
index 3b2f397a72..d8050353c5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/OsuGameBase.cs
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ namespace osu.Game
                         {
                             Key = dkb.Key,
                             Value = dkb.StringValue,
-                            RulesetID = dkb.RulesetID.Value,
+                            // important: this RulesetStore must be the EF one.
+                            RulesetName = RulesetStore.GetRuleset(dkb.RulesetID.Value).ShortName,
                             Variant = dkb.Variant ?? 0,
                         });
                     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Configuration/RulesetConfigManager.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Configuration/RulesetConfigManager.cs
index eec71a3623..17678775e9 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Configuration/RulesetConfigManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Configuration/RulesetConfigManager.cs
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration
 
         private List<RealmRulesetSetting> databasedSettings = new List<RealmRulesetSetting>();
 
-        private readonly int rulesetId;
+        private readonly string rulesetName;
 
         protected RulesetConfigManager(SettingsStore store, RulesetInfo ruleset, int? variant = null)
         {
             realmFactory = store?.Realm;
 
-            if (realmFactory != null && !ruleset.ID.HasValue)
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("Attempted to add databased settings for a non-databased ruleset");
-
-            rulesetId = ruleset.ID ?? -1;
+            rulesetName = ruleset.ShortName;
 
             this.variant = variant ?? 0;
 
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration
             if (realmFactory != null)
             {
                 // As long as RulesetConfigCache exists, there is no need to subscribe to realm events.
-                databasedSettings = realmFactory.Context.All<RealmRulesetSetting>().Where(b => b.RulesetID == rulesetId && b.Variant == variant).ToList();
+                databasedSettings = realmFactory.Context.All<RealmRulesetSetting>().Where(b => b.RulesetName == rulesetName && b.Variant == variant).ToList();
             }
         }
 
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration
                 {
                     foreach (var c in changed)
                     {
-                        var setting = realm.All<RealmRulesetSetting>().First(s => s.RulesetID == rulesetId && s.Variant == variant && s.Key == c.ToString());
+                        var setting = realm.All<RealmRulesetSetting>().First(s => s.RulesetName == rulesetName && s.Variant == variant && s.Key == c.ToString());
 
                         setting.Value = ConfigStore[c].ToString();
                     }
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Configuration
                 {
                     Key = lookup.ToString(),
                     Value = bindable.Value.ToString(),
-                    RulesetID = rulesetId,
+                    RulesetName = rulesetName,
                     Variant = variant,
                 };