diff --git a/src/locales/en/translation.json b/src/locales/en/translation.json
index ae9c2712..6979854b 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/src/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "featured": "Featured",
     "trending": "Trending",
     "surprise_me": "Surprise me",
-    "no_results": "No results found"
+    "no_results": "No results found",
+    "start_typing": "Starting typing to search..."
   },
   "sidebar": {
     "catalogue": "Catalogue",
diff --git a/src/locales/pt-BR/translation.json b/src/locales/pt-BR/translation.json
index 1adac376..d3b0f0a4 100644
--- a/src/locales/pt-BR/translation.json
+++ b/src/locales/pt-BR/translation.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "featured": "Destaques",
     "trending": "Populares",
     "surprise_me": "Surpreenda-me",
-    "no_results": "Nenhum resultado encontrado"
+    "no_results": "Nenhum resultado encontrado",
+    "start_typing": "Comece a digitar para pesquisar…"
   },
   "sidebar": {
     "catalogue": "Catálogo",
diff --git a/src/locales/pt-PT/translation.json b/src/locales/pt-PT/translation.json
index 67f99921..3384bdf7 100644
--- a/src/locales/pt-PT/translation.json
+++ b/src/locales/pt-PT/translation.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "featured": "Destaques",
     "trending": "Populares",
     "surprise_me": "Surpreende-me",
-    "no_results": "Nenhum resultado encontrado"
+    "no_results": "Nenhum resultado encontrado",
+    "start_typing": "Comece a digitar para pesquisar…"
   },
   "sidebar": {
     "catalogue": "Catálogo",
diff --git a/src/main/events/catalogue/get-random-game.ts b/src/main/events/catalogue/get-random-game.ts
index 69f57800..72b93c33 100644
--- a/src/main/events/catalogue/get-random-game.ts
+++ b/src/main/events/catalogue/get-random-game.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { shuffle } from "lodash-es";
 import { getSteam250List } from "@main/services";
 
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
-import { searchSteamGames } from "../helpers/search-games";
+import { getSteamGameById } from "../helpers/search-games";
 import type { Steam250Game } from "@types";
 
 const state = { games: Array<Steam250Game>(), index: 0 };
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ const filterGames = async (games: Steam250Game[]) => {
   const results: Steam250Game[] = [];
 
   for (const game of games) {
-    const catalogue = await searchSteamGames({ query: game.title });
+    const steamGame = await getSteamGameById(game.objectID);
 
-    if (catalogue.length) {
-      const [steamGame] = catalogue;
-
-      if (steamGame.repacks.length) {
-        results.push(game);
-      }
+    if (steamGame?.repacks.length) {
+      results.push(game);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/events/catalogue/search-games.ts b/src/main/events/catalogue/search-games.ts
index ec397599..ebe601f2 100644
--- a/src/main/events/catalogue/search-games.ts
+++ b/src/main/events/catalogue/search-games.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
-import { searchSteamGames } from "../helpers/search-games";
+import { convertSteamGameToCatalogueEntry } from "../helpers/search-games";
 import { CatalogueEntry } from "@types";
+import { HydraApi, RepacksManager } from "@main/services";
 
 const searchGamesEvent = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
   query: string
-): Promise<CatalogueEntry[]> => searchSteamGames({ query, limit: 12 });
+): Promise<CatalogueEntry[]> => {
+  const games = await HydraApi.get<
+    { objectId: string; title: string; shop: string }[]
+  >("/games/search", { title: query, take: 12, skip: 0 }, { needsAuth: false });
+
+  const steamGames = games.map((game) => {
+    return convertSteamGameToCatalogueEntry({
+      id: Number(game.objectId),
+      name: game.title,
+      clientIcon: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  return RepacksManager.findRepacksForCatalogueEntries(steamGames);
+};
 
 registerEvent("searchGames", searchGamesEvent);
diff --git a/src/main/events/helpers/search-games.ts b/src/main/events/helpers/search-games.ts
index 74be1f07..c5878dcb 100644
--- a/src/main/events/helpers/search-games.ts
+++ b/src/main/events/helpers/search-games.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import { orderBy } from "lodash-es";
-import flexSearch from "flexsearch";
-
 import type { GameShop, CatalogueEntry, SteamGame } from "@types";
 
 import { getSteamAppAsset } from "@main/helpers";
@@ -23,20 +20,18 @@ export const convertSteamGameToCatalogueEntry = (
   repacks: [],
 });
 
-export const searchSteamGames = async (
-  options: flexSearch.SearchOptions
-): Promise<CatalogueEntry[]> => {
-  const steamGames = (await steamGamesWorker.run(options, {
-    name: "search",
-  })) as SteamGame[];
+export const getSteamGameById = async (
+  objectId: string
+): Promise<CatalogueEntry | null> => {
+  const steamGame = await steamGamesWorker.run(Number(objectId), {
+    name: "getById",
+  });
 
-  const result = RepacksManager.findRepacksForCatalogueEntries(
-    steamGames.map((game) => convertSteamGameToCatalogueEntry(game))
-  );
+  if (!steamGame) return null;
 
-  return orderBy(
-    result,
-    [({ repacks }) => repacks.length, "repacks"],
-    ["desc"]
-  );
+  const catalogueEntry = convertSteamGameToCatalogueEntry(steamGame);
+
+  const result = RepacksManager.findRepacksForCatalogueEntry(catalogueEntry);
+
+  return result;
 };
diff --git a/src/main/services/hydra-api.ts b/src/main/services/hydra-api.ts
index 120d27ac..bbf390d0 100644
--- a/src/main/services/hydra-api.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/hydra-api.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import { clearGamesRemoteIds } from "./library-sync/clear-games-remote-id";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
 import { UserNotLoggedInError } from "@shared";
 
+interface HydraApiOptions {
+  needsAuth: boolean;
+}
+
 export class HydraApi {
   private static instance: AxiosInstance;
 
@@ -204,50 +208,76 @@ export class HydraApi {
     throw err;
   };
 
-  static async get<T = any>(url: string, params?: any) {
-    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+  static async get<T = any>(
+    url: string,
+    params?: any,
+    options?: HydraApiOptions
+  ) {
+    if (!options || options.needsAuth) {
+      if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+      await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
+    }
 
-    await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
     return this.instance
       .get<T>(url, { params, ...this.getAxiosConfig() })
       .then((response) => response.data)
       .catch(this.handleUnauthorizedError);
   }
 
-  static async post<T = any>(url: string, data?: any) {
-    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+  static async post<T = any>(
+    url: string,
+    data?: any,
+    options?: HydraApiOptions
+  ) {
+    if (!options || options.needsAuth) {
+      if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+      await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
+    }
 
-    await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
     return this.instance
       .post<T>(url, data, this.getAxiosConfig())
       .then((response) => response.data)
       .catch(this.handleUnauthorizedError);
   }
 
-  static async put<T = any>(url: string, data?: any) {
-    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+  static async put<T = any>(
+    url: string,
+    data?: any,
+    options?: HydraApiOptions
+  ) {
+    if (!options || options.needsAuth) {
+      if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+      await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
+    }
 
-    await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
     return this.instance
       .put<T>(url, data, this.getAxiosConfig())
       .then((response) => response.data)
       .catch(this.handleUnauthorizedError);
   }
 
-  static async patch<T = any>(url: string, data?: any) {
-    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+  static async patch<T = any>(
+    url: string,
+    data?: any,
+    options?: HydraApiOptions
+  ) {
+    if (!options || options.needsAuth) {
+      if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+      await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
+    }
 
-    await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
     return this.instance
       .patch<T>(url, data, this.getAxiosConfig())
       .then((response) => response.data)
       .catch(this.handleUnauthorizedError);
   }
 
-  static async delete<T = any>(url: string) {
-    if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+  static async delete<T = any>(url: string, options?: HydraApiOptions) {
+    if (!options || options.needsAuth) {
+      if (!this.isLoggedIn()) throw new UserNotLoggedInError();
+      await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
+    }
 
-    await this.revalidateAccessTokenIfExpired();
     return this.instance
       .delete<T>(url, this.getAxiosConfig())
       .then((response) => response.data)
diff --git a/src/main/services/repacks-manager.ts b/src/main/services/repacks-manager.ts
index 93157d6c..933d7431 100644
--- a/src/main/services/repacks-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/repacks-manager.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ export class RepacksManager {
       .map((index) => this.repacks[index]);
   }
 
+  public static findRepacksForCatalogueEntry(entry: CatalogueEntry) {
+    const repacks = this.search({ query: formatName(entry.title) });
+    return { ...entry, repacks };
+  }
+
   public static findRepacksForCatalogueEntries(entries: CatalogueEntry[]) {
     return entries.map((entry) => {
       const repacks = this.search({ query: formatName(entry.title) });
diff --git a/src/main/workers/steam-games.worker.ts b/src/main/workers/steam-games.worker.ts
index ad399943..9085082b 100644
--- a/src/main/workers/steam-games.worker.ts
+++ b/src/main/workers/steam-games.worker.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,15 @@
 import { SteamGame } from "@types";
-import { orderBy, slice } from "lodash-es";
-import flexSearch from "flexsearch";
+import { slice } from "lodash-es";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 
-import { formatName } from "@shared";
 import { workerData } from "node:worker_threads";
 
-const steamGamesIndex = new flexSearch.Index({
-  tokenize: "reverse",
-});
-
 const { steamGamesPath } = workerData;
 
 const data = fs.readFileSync(steamGamesPath, "utf-8");
 
 const steamGames = JSON.parse(data) as SteamGame[];
 
-for (let i = 0; i < steamGames.length; i++) {
-  const steamGame = steamGames[i];
-
-  const formattedName = formatName(steamGame.name);
-
-  steamGamesIndex.add(i, formattedName);
-}
-
-export const search = (options: flexSearch.SearchOptions) => {
-  const results = steamGamesIndex.search(options);
-  const games = results.map((index) => steamGames[index]);
-
-  return orderBy(games, ["name"], ["asc"]);
-};
-
 export const getById = (id: number) =>
   steamGames.find((game) => game.id === id);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/pages/home/search-results.tsx b/src/renderer/src/pages/home/search-results.tsx
index 30b3ea68..4ca72487 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/pages/home/search-results.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/pages/home/search-results.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { CatalogueEntry } from "@types";
 import type { DebouncedFunc } from "lodash";
 import { debounce } from "lodash";
 
-import { InboxIcon } from "@primer/octicons-react";
+import { InboxIcon, SearchIcon } from "@primer/octicons-react";
 import { clearSearch } from "@renderer/features";
 import { useAppDispatch } from "@renderer/hooks";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ export function SearchResults() {
 
   const [searchResults, setSearchResults] = useState<CatalogueEntry[]>([]);
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [showTypingMessage, setShowTypingMessage] = useState(false);
 
   const debouncedFunc = useRef<DebouncedFunc<() => void> | null>(null);
+  const abortControllerRef = useRef<AbortController | null>(null);
 
   const navigate = useNavigate();
 
@@ -38,21 +40,64 @@ export function SearchResults() {
   useEffect(() => {
     setIsLoading(true);
     if (debouncedFunc.current) debouncedFunc.current.cancel();
+    if (abortControllerRef.current) abortControllerRef.current.abort();
+
+    const abortController = new AbortController();
+    abortControllerRef.current = abortController;
 
     debouncedFunc.current = debounce(() => {
+      const query = searchParams.get("query") ?? "";
+
+      if (query.length < 3) {
+        setIsLoading(false);
+        setShowTypingMessage(true);
+        setSearchResults([]);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      setShowTypingMessage(false);
       window.electron
-        .searchGames(searchParams.get("query") ?? "")
+        .searchGames(query)
         .then((results) => {
+          if (abortController.signal.aborted) return;
+
           setSearchResults(results);
+          setIsLoading(false);
         })
-        .finally(() => {
+        .catch(() => {
           setIsLoading(false);
         });
-    }, 300);
+    }, 500);
 
     debouncedFunc.current();
   }, [searchParams, dispatch]);
 
+  const noResultsContent = () => {
+    if (isLoading) return null;
+
+    if (showTypingMessage) {
+      return (
+        <div className={styles.noResults}>
+          <SearchIcon size={56} />
+
+          <p>{t("start_typing")}</p>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (searchResults.length === 0) {
+      return (
+        <div className={styles.noResults}>
+          <InboxIcon size={56} />
+
+          <p>{t("no_results")}</p>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  };
+
   return (
     <SkeletonTheme baseColor={vars.color.background} highlightColor="#444">
       <section className={styles.content}>
@@ -75,13 +120,7 @@ export function SearchResults() {
           )}
         </section>
 
-        {!isLoading && searchResults.length === 0 && (
-          <div className={styles.noResults}>
-            <InboxIcon size={56} />
-
-            <p>{t("no_results")}</p>
-          </div>
-        )}
+        {noResultsContent()}
       </section>
     </SkeletonTheme>
   );