diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
index 3892e02a8f..83e3c84f39 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
 
                 foreach (var criteriaTerm in criteria.SearchTerms)
                     match &= terms.Any(term => term.IndexOf(criteriaTerm, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) >= 0);
+
+                // if a match wasn't found via text matching of terms, do a second catch-all check matching against online IDs.
+                // this should be done after text matching so we can prioritise matching numbers in metadata.
+                if (!match && criteria.SearchNumber.HasValue)
+                {
+                    match = (Beatmap.OnlineBeatmapID == criteria.SearchNumber.Value) ||
+                            (Beatmap.BeatmapSet?.OnlineBeatmapSetID == criteria.SearchNumber.Value);
+                }
             }
 
             if (match)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
index 66f164bca8..f34f8f6505 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
         private string searchText;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <see cref="SearchText"/> as a number (if it can be parsed as one).
+        /// </summary>
+        public int? SearchNumber { get; private set; }
+
         public string SearchText
         {
             get => searchText;
@@ -50,6 +55,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             {
                 searchText = value;
                 SearchTerms = searchText.Split(new[] { ',', ' ', '!' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToArray();
+
+                SearchNumber = null;
+
+                if (SearchTerms.Length == 1 && int.TryParse(SearchTerms[0], out int parsed))
+                    SearchNumber = parsed;
             }
         }