diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Gallery/Skeleton.vue b/frontend/src/components/Gallery/Skeleton.vue
index 43ebf1a94..782d20eb9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Gallery/Skeleton.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Gallery/Skeleton.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { views } from "@/utils";
 import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
+import Skeleton from "@/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue";
 import storeGalleryView from "@/stores/galleryView";
+import { RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT } from "@/services/api/rom";
+import storeRoms from "@/stores/roms";
+
+const props = withDefaults(
+  defineProps<{
+    platformId?: number;
+    romCount?: number;
+  }>(),
+  {
+    platformId: undefined,
+    romCount: RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT,
+  },
+);
 
 const galleryViewStore = storeGalleryView();
+const romsStore = storeRoms();
 const { currentView } = storeToRefs(galleryViewStore);
+const { fetchLimit } = storeToRefs(romsStore);
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -12,7 +28,7 @@ const { currentView } = storeToRefs(galleryViewStore);
     <v-col>
       <v-row v-if="currentView != 2" no-gutters class="mx-1 mt-3 mr-14">
         <v-col
-          v-for="_ in 60"
+          v-for="_ in Math.min(props.romCount, fetchLimit)"
           class="pa-1 align-self-end"
           :cols="views[currentView]['size-cols']"
           :sm="views[currentView]['size-sm']"
@@ -20,7 +36,7 @@ const { currentView } = storeToRefs(galleryViewStore);
           :lg="views[currentView]['size-lg']"
           :xl="views[currentView]['size-xl']"
         >
-          <v-skeleton-loader type="card" />
+          <skeleton :platformId="props.platformId" />
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Home/RecentSkeletonLoader.vue b/frontend/src/components/Home/RecentSkeletonLoader.vue
index 20a8648fa..9a0a87af4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Home/RecentSkeletonLoader.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Home/RecentSkeletonLoader.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import RSection from "@/components/common/RSection.vue";
+import Skeleton from "@/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue";
 import { views } from "@/utils";
+import { RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT } from "@/services/api/rom";
 
 defineProps<{ title: string }>();
 </script>
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ defineProps<{ title: string }>();
     <template #content>
       <v-row class="flex-nowrap overflow-x-auto pa-1" no-gutters>
         <v-col
-          v-for="_ in 15"
+          v-for="_ in RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT"
           class="align-self-end pa-1"
           :cols="views[0]['size-cols']"
           :sm="views[0]['size-sm']"
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ defineProps<{ title: string }>();
           :lg="views[0]['size-lg']"
           :xl="views[0]['size-xl']"
         >
-          <v-skeleton-loader type="card" />
+          <skeleton type="image" />
         </v-col>
       </v-row>
     </template>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Base.vue b/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Base.vue
index 8bc992e5e..a3cd5c573 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Base.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Base.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Sources from "@/components/common/Game/Card/Sources.vue";
 import storePlatforms from "@/stores/platforms";
 import PlatformIcon from "@/components/common/Platform/Icon.vue";
 import MissingFromFSIcon from "@/components/common/MissingFromFSIcon.vue";
+import Skeleton from "@/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue";
 import storeCollections from "@/stores/collections";
 import storeGalleryView from "@/stores/galleryView";
 import { ROUTES } from "@/plugins/router";
@@ -356,7 +357,15 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
                   eager
                   :src="smallCover || fallbackCoverImage"
                   :aspect-ratio="computedAspectRatio"
-                ></v-img>
+                >
+                  <template #placeholder>
+                    <skeleton
+                      :platformId="rom.platform_id"
+                      :aspectRatio="computedAspectRatio"
+                      type="image"
+                    />
+                  </template>
+                </v-img>
               </template>
             </v-img>
           </v-hover>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue b/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b072d428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/common/Game/Card/Skeleton.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import storePlatforms from "@/stores/platforms";
+import storeGalleryView from "@/stores/galleryView";
+import { computed } from "vue";
+
+const props = withDefaults(
+  defineProps<{
+    platformId?: number;
+    aspectRatio?: string | number;
+    type?: string;
+  }>(),
+  {
+    platformId: undefined,
+    aspectRatio: undefined,
+    type: "image, avatar, chip, chip",
+  },
+);
+
+const platformsStore = storePlatforms();
+const galleryViewStore = storeGalleryView();
+
+const computedAspectRatio = computed(() => {
+  const ratio =
+    props.aspectRatio ||
+    platformsStore.getAspectRatio(props.platformId || 0) ||
+    galleryViewStore.defaultAspectRatioCover;
+  return parseFloat(ratio.toString());
+});
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <v-skeleton-loader
+    class="card-skeleton"
+    :type="type"
+    :style="{ aspectRatio: computedAspectRatio }"
+  />
+</template>
+
+<style>
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__card-avatar {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__image {
+  height: 100%;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__avatar {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+
+  margin: 4px;
+  min-height: 32px;
+  min-width: 32px;
+  max-height: 32px;
+  max-width: 32px;
+
+  &:after {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+}
+
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__chip {
+  position: absolute;
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  padding: 0 12px;
+  height: 24px;
+  margin: 4px;
+
+  &:after {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+}
+
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__chip:nth-of-type(3) {
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 4px;
+}
+
+.card-skeleton .v-skeleton-loader__chip:nth-of-type(4) {
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api/rom.ts b/frontend/src/services/api/rom.ts
index 9e3cb0a35..e554f1faf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api/rom.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api/rom.ts
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ async function getRoms({
   });
 }
 
+export const RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT = 15;
+export const RECENT_PLAYED_ROMS_LIMIT = 15;
+
 async function getRecentRoms(): Promise<{ data: GetRomsResponse }> {
   return api.get("/roms", {
     params: {
       order_by: "id",
       order_dir: "desc",
-      limit: 15,
+      limit: RECENT_ROMS_LIMIT,
       with_char_index: false,
     },
   });
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ async function getRecentPlayedRoms(): Promise<{ data: GetRomsResponse }> {
     params: {
       order_by: "last_played",
       order_dir: "desc",
-      limit: 15,
+      limit: RECENT_PLAYED_ROMS_LIMIT,
       with_char_index: false,
     },
   });
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Collection/BaseCollection.vue b/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Collection/BaseCollection.vue
index 89df5fb65..fd69c4a79 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Collection/BaseCollection.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Collection/BaseCollection.vue
@@ -234,8 +234,10 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 <template>
   <template v-if="!noCollectionError">
     <gallery-app-bar-collection />
-    <template v-if="fetchingRoms && filteredRoms.length === 0">
-      <skeleton />
+    <template
+      v-if="currentCollection && fetchingRoms && filteredRoms.length === 0"
+    >
+      <skeleton :romCount="currentCollection.rom_count" />
     </template>
     <template v-else>
       <template v-if="filteredRoms.length > 0">
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Platform.vue b/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Platform.vue
index 3bed14851..ce851f305 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Platform.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Gallery/Platform.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import type { Emitter } from "mitt";
 import { isNull, throttle } from "lodash";
 import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
 import { inject, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
-import { onBeforeRouteUpdate, useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+import { onBeforeRouteUpdate, useRoute } from "vue-router";
 
 const route = useRoute();
 const galleryViewStore = storeGalleryView();
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ const {
   fetchTotalRoms,
 } = storeToRefs(romsStore);
 const noPlatformError = ref(false);
-const router = useRouter();
 const emitter = inject<Emitter<Events>>("emitter");
 const isHovering = ref(false);
 const hoveringRomId = ref();
@@ -238,8 +237,13 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 <template>
   <template v-if="!noPlatformError">
     <gallery-app-bar />
-    <template v-if="fetchingRoms && filteredRoms.length === 0">
-      <skeleton />
+    <template
+      v-if="currentPlatform && fetchingRoms && filteredRoms.length === 0"
+    >
+      <skeleton
+        :platformId="currentPlatform.id"
+        :romCount="currentPlatform.rom_count"
+      />
     </template>
     <template v-else>
       <template v-if="filteredRoms.length > 0">
@@ -263,7 +267,6 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
             }"
           >
             <game-card
-              v-if="currentPlatform"
               :key="rom.updated_at"
               :rom="rom"
               titleOnHover