diff --git a/UI/GameBrowser.cpp b/UI/GameBrowser.cpp
index 607c528e87..a03104ad22 100644
--- a/UI/GameBrowser.cpp
+++ b/UI/GameBrowser.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "Common/TimeUtil.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtils.h"
 #include "Common/System/OSD.h"
+#include "Common/Data/Encoding/Utf8.h"
 #include "Core/System.h"
 #include "Core/Util/RecentFiles.h"
 #include "Core/HLE/sceCtrl.h"
@@ -532,26 +533,65 @@ void GameBrowser::SetPath(const Path &path) {
 	Refresh();
 }
 
-void GameBrowser::ApplySearchFilter(const std::string &filter) {
-	searchFilter_ = filter;
-	std::transform(searchFilter_.begin(), searchFilter_.end(), searchFilter_.begin(), tolower);
+bool GameBrowser::Key(const KeyInput &input) {
+	bool retval = LinearLayout::Key(input);
+	if (retval) {
+		return true;
+	}
 
+	// Only one is visible at a time, so we can just grab all Char input.
+	if (input.flags & KeyInputFlags::CHAR) {
+		const int unichar = input.keyCode;
+		if (unichar >= 0x20) {
+			// Insert it! (todo: do it with a string insert)
+			char buf[8];
+			buf[u8_wc_toutf8(buf, unichar)] = '\0';
+			searchFilter_ += buf;
+			ApplySearchFilter();
+			retval = true;
+		}
+	} else if (input.flags & KeyInputFlags::DOWN) {
+		if (input.keyCode == NKCODE_DEL) {
+			if (!searchFilter_.empty()) {
+				searchFilter_.pop_back();
+				ApplySearchFilter();
+				retval = true;
+			}
+		} else if (!searchFilter_.empty() && input.keyCode == NKCODE_ESCAPE) {
+			searchFilter_.clear();
+			ApplySearchFilter();
+			retval = true;
+		}
+	}
+	return retval;
+}
+
+void GameBrowser::SetSearchFilter(const std::string &filter) {
+	searchFilter_ = filter;
 	// We don't refresh because game info loads asynchronously anyway.
 	ApplySearchFilter();
 }
 
 void GameBrowser::ApplySearchFilter() {
+	if (searchBar_) {
+		searchBar_->SetSearchFilter(searchFilter_);
+		searchBar_->SetVisibility(searchFilter_.empty() ? UI::V_GONE : UI::V_VISIBLE);
+	}
+
 	if (searchFilter_.empty() && searchStates_.empty()) {
 		// We haven't hidden anything, and we're not searching, so do nothing.
 		searchPending_ = false;
 		return;
 	}
 
+	std::string filter = searchFilter_;
+	std::transform(filter.begin(), filter.end(), filter.begin(), tolower);
+
 	searchPending_ = false;
 	// By default, everything is matching.
 	searchStates_.resize(gameList_->GetNumSubviews(), SearchState::MATCH);
 
-	if (searchFilter_.empty()) {
+	if (filter.empty()) {
 		// Just quickly mark anything we hid as visible again.
 		for (int i = 0; i < gameList_->GetNumSubviews(); ++i) {
 			UI::View *v = gameList_->GetViewByIndex(i);
@@ -581,7 +621,7 @@ void GameBrowser::ApplySearchFilter() {
 		}
 
 		std::transform(label.begin(), label.end(), label.begin(), tolower);
-		bool match = v->CanBeFocused() && label.find(searchFilter_) != label.npos;
+		bool match = v->CanBeFocused() && label.find(filter) != label.npos;
 		if (match && searchStates_[i] != SearchState::MATCH) {
 			// It was previously visible and force hidden, so show it again.
 			v->SetVisibility(UI::V_VISIBLE);
@@ -721,11 +761,27 @@ void GameBrowser::Draw(UIContext &dc) {
 				view->Draw(dc);
 		}
 	}
+
 	if (clip_) {
 		dc.PopScissor();
 	}
 }
 
+void SearchBar::Draw(UIContext &dc) {
+	using namespace UI;
+	Bounds overlayBounds = bounds_.Inset(12, 0, 12, 0);
+	dc.FillRect(dc.GetTheme().itemStyle.background, overlayBounds);
+	dc.DrawText(searchFilter_, overlayBounds.x + 10, overlayBounds.centerY(), 0xFFFFFFFF, ALIGN_VCENTER);
+}
+
+void SearchBar::GetContentDimensions(const UIContext &dc, float &w, float &h) const {
+	w = 0;
+	h = 0;
+	dc.MeasureText(dc.GetTheme().uiFont, 1.0f, 1.0f, searchFilter_, &w, &h);
+	w += 20;  // Padding
+	h += 10;
+}
+
 static bool IsValidPBP(const Path &path, bool allowHomebrew) {
 	if (!File::Exists(path))
 		return false;
diff --git a/UI/GameBrowser.h b/UI/GameBrowser.h
index da67132e0e..8fe203f409 100644
--- a/UI/GameBrowser.h
+++ b/UI/GameBrowser.h
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ enum class BrowseFlags {
 };
 ENUM_CLASS_BITOPS(BrowseFlags);
 
+class SearchBar : public UI::InertView {
+public:
+	SearchBar(UI::LayoutParams *params) : UI::InertView(params) { SetVisibility(UI::Visibility::V_GONE); }
+	void Draw(UIContext &dc) override;
+
+	void SetSearchFilter(std::string_view filter) {
+		searchFilter_ = filter;
+	}
+	void GetContentDimensions(const UIContext &dc, float &w, float &h) const override;
+private:
+	std::string searchFilter_ = "N/A";
+};
+
 class GameBrowser : public UI::LinearLayout {
 public:
 	GameBrowser(int token, const Path &path, BrowseFlags browseFlags, bool portrait, bool *gridStyle, ScreenManager *screenManager, std::string_view lastText, std::string_view lastLink, UI::LayoutParams *layoutParams = nullptr);
@@ -33,7 +46,11 @@ public:
 
 	void FocusGame(const Path &gamePath);
 	void SetPath(const Path &path);
-	void ApplySearchFilter(const std::string &filter);
+	void SetSearchBar(SearchBar *searchBar) {
+		searchBar_ = searchBar;
+	}
+	bool Key(const KeyInput &key) override;
+	void SetSearchFilter(const std::string &filter);
 	void Draw(UIContext &dc) override;
 	void Update() override;
 	void RequestRefresh() {
@@ -80,6 +97,7 @@ private:
 
 	UI::ViewGroup *gameList_ = nullptr;
 	PathBrowser path_;
+	SearchBar *searchBar_ = nullptr;
 	bool *gridStyle_ = nullptr;
 	BrowseFlags browseFlags_;
 	std::string lastText_;
diff --git a/UI/MainScreen.cpp b/UI/MainScreen.cpp
index bf285e9bb5..71ecdddce8 100644
--- a/UI/MainScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/MainScreen.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ void MainScreen::CreateRecentTab() {
 	using namespace UI;
 	auto mm = GetI18NCategory(I18NCat::MAINMENU);
 
-	ScrollView *scrollRecentGames = new ScrollView(ORIENT_VERTICAL, new LinearLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, WRAP_CONTENT));
+	LinearLayout *recentContainer = new LinearLayout(ORIENT_VERTICAL, new LinearLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, WRAP_CONTENT));
+	SearchBar *search = recentContainer->Add(new SearchBar(new LinearLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, WRAP_CONTENT)));
+
+	ScrollView *scrollRecentGames = recentContainer->Add(new ScrollView(ORIENT_VERTICAL, new LinearLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, WRAP_CONTENT)));
 	scrollRecentGames->SetTag("MainScreenRecentGames");
 
 	bool portrait = GetDeviceOrientation() == DeviceOrientation::Portrait;
@@ -146,11 +149,12 @@ void MainScreen::CreateRecentTab() {
 	GameBrowser *tabRecentGames = new GameBrowser(GetRequesterToken(),
 		Path("!RECENT"), BrowseFlags::NONE, portrait, &g_Config.bGridView1, screenManager(), "", "",
 		new LinearLayoutParams(FILL_PARENT, WRAP_CONTENT));
+	tabRecentGames->SetSearchBar(search);
 
 	scrollRecentGames->Add(tabRecentGames);
 	gameBrowsers_.push_back(tabRecentGames);
 
-	tabHolder_->AddTab(mm->T("Recent"), ImageID::invalid(), scrollRecentGames);
+	tabHolder_->AddTab(mm->T("Recent"), ImageID::invalid(), recentContainer);
 	tabRecentGames->OnChoice.Handle(this, &MainScreen::OnGameSelectedInstant);
 	tabRecentGames->OnHoldChoice.Handle(this, &MainScreen::OnGameSelected);
 	tabRecentGames->OnHighlight.Handle(this, &MainScreen::OnGameHighlight);
@@ -572,8 +576,11 @@ void MainScreen::update() {
 	UpdateUIState(UISTATE_MENU);
 
 	if (searchChanged_) {
-		for (auto browser : gameBrowsers_)
-			browser->ApplySearchFilter(searchFilter_);
+		for (auto browser : gameBrowsers_) {
+			if (browser->GetVisibility() == UI::V_VISIBLE) {
+				browser->SetSearchFilter(searchFilter_);
+			}
+		}
 		searchChanged_ = false;
 	}
 }