diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/ModelDownloader.cs b/osu.Game/Database/ModelDownloader.cs
index edb8563c65..5c84e0c308 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/ModelDownloader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/ModelDownloader.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Humanizer;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
@@ -107,7 +108,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 notification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Cancelled;
 
                 if (!(error is OperationCanceledException))
-                    Logger.Error(error, $"{importer.HumanisedModelName.Titleize()} download failed!");
+                {
+                    if (error is WebException webException && webException.Message == @"TooManyRequests")
+                    {
+                        notification.Close();
+                        PostNotification?.Invoke(new TooManyDownloadsNotification(importer.HumanisedModelName));
+                    }
+                    else
+                        Logger.Error(error, $"{importer.HumanisedModelName.Titleize()} download failed!");
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/TooManyDownloadsNotification.cs b/osu.Game/Database/TooManyDownloadsNotification.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8adb997999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/TooManyDownloadsNotification.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// 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 osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Database
+{
+    public class TooManyDownloadsNotification : SimpleNotification
+    {
+        public TooManyDownloadsNotification(string humanisedModelName)
+        {
+            Text = CommonStrings.TooManyDownloaded(humanisedModelName);
+            Icon = FontAwesome.Solid.ExclamationCircle;
+        }
+
+        [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
+        {
+            IconBackground.Colour = colours.RedDark;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Localisation/CommonStrings.cs b/osu.Game/Localisation/CommonStrings.cs
index 1ee562e122..7c82ecf926 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Localisation/CommonStrings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Localisation/CommonStrings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// 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 osu.Framework.Localisation;
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Localisation
         /// </summary>
         public static LocalisableString Downloading => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"downloading"), @"Downloading...");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// "You have downloaded too many {0}s! Please try again later."
+        /// </summary>
+        public static LocalisableString TooManyDownloaded(string humanisedModelName) => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"too_many_downloaded"), @"You have downloaded too many {0}s! Please try again later.", humanisedModelName);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// "Importing..."
         /// </summary>