diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index 5d982e3fa6..a6be5deff7 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import com.unciv.models.ruleset.RulesetCache
 import com.unciv.models.skins.SkinCache
 import com.unciv.models.tilesets.TileSetCache
 import com.unciv.models.translations.Translations
-import com.unciv.ui.audio.GameSounds
 import com.unciv.ui.audio.MusicController
 import com.unciv.ui.audio.MusicMood
 import com.unciv.ui.audio.MusicTrackChooserFlags
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
         settings = files.getGeneralSettings() // needed for the screen
         Display.setScreenMode(settings.screenMode, settings)
         setAsRootScreen(GameStartScreen())  // NOT dependent on any atlas or skin
-        GameSounds.init()
 
         musicController = MusicController()  // early, but at this point does only copy volume from settings
         installAudioHooks()
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ open class UncivGame(val isConsoleMode: Boolean = false) : Game(), PlatformSpeci
     fun popScreen(): BaseScreen? {
         if (screenStack.size == 1) {
             musicController.pause()
-            UncivGame.Current.settings.autoPlay.stopAutoPlay()
+            settings.autoPlay.stopAutoPlay()
             ConfirmPopup(
                 screen = screenStack.last(),
                 question = "Do you want to exit the game?",
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayerGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayerGame.kt
index e6afeeb169..20d9d31413 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayerGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/multiplayer/OnlineMultiplayerGame.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.GameUpdateResult.Type.FAILURE
 import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.GameUpdateResult.Type.UNCHANGED
 import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.storage.FileStorageRateLimitReached
 import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.storage.OnlineMultiplayerServer
+import com.unciv.ui.audio.SoundPlayer
 import com.unciv.ui.components.extensions.isLargerThan
 import com.unciv.utils.debug
 import com.unciv.utils.launchOnGLThread
@@ -120,9 +121,23 @@ class OnlineMultiplayerGame(
         preview = gameInfo
         withGLContext {
             EventBus.send(MultiplayerGameUpdated(name, gameInfo))
+            playMultiplayerTurnNotification(gameInfo)
         }
     }
 
+
+    private fun playMultiplayerTurnNotification(gameInfoPreview: GameInfoPreview) {
+        if (!gameInfoPreview.isUsersTurn()) return
+        if (UncivGame.isDeepLinkedGameLoading()) return // This means we already arrived here through a turn notification, no need to notify again
+
+        val sound = if (UncivGame.isCurrentGame(gameInfoPreview.gameId)) {
+            UncivGame.Current.settings.multiplayer.currentGameTurnNotificationSound
+        } else {
+            UncivGame.Current.settings.multiplayer.otherGameTurnNotificationSound
+        }
+        SoundPlayer.play(sound)
+    }
+
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean = other is OnlineMultiplayerGame && fileHandle == other.fileHandle
     override fun hashCode(): Int = fileHandle.hashCode()
 }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/GameSounds.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/GameSounds.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e2f18fe3a..0000000000
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/GameSounds.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package com.unciv.ui.audio
-
-import com.unciv.UncivGame
-import com.unciv.logic.event.EventBus
-import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.MultiplayerGameUpdated
-import com.unciv.logic.multiplayer.isUsersTurn
-
-/**
- * Controls which sounds should be played when something happens while playing the game.
- */
-object GameSounds {
-    private val events = EventBus.EventReceiver()
-    private val settings get() = UncivGame.Current.settings
-    private val mpSettings get() = settings.multiplayer
-
-    /**
-     * Has to be called for sounds to be played.
-     */
-    fun init() {
-        playMultiplayerTurnNotification()
-    }
-
-    private fun playMultiplayerTurnNotification() {
-        events.receive(MultiplayerGameUpdated::class, { it.preview.isUsersTurn() }) {
-            if (UncivGame.isDeepLinkedGameLoading()) return@receive // This means we already arrived here through a turn notification, no need to notify again
-            val gameId = it.preview.gameId
-            val sound = if (UncivGame.isCurrentGame(gameId)) {
-                mpSettings.currentGameTurnNotificationSound
-            } else {
-                mpSettings.otherGameTurnNotificationSound
-            }
-            SoundPlayer.play(sound)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/SoundPlayer.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/SoundPlayer.kt
index 2bdeca9e35..a71791d933 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/SoundPlayer.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/audio/SoundPlayer.kt
@@ -164,12 +164,7 @@ object SoundPlayer {
         return GetSoundResult(newSound, true)
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Find, cache and play a Sound.
-     *
-     * **Attention:** The [GameSounds] object has been set up to control playing all sounds of the game. Chances are that you shouldn't be calling this method
-     * from anywhere but [GameSounds].
-     *
+    /** Play a sound once. Will not play if the sound is [UncivSound.Silent] or the volume is too low.
      * Sources are mods from a loaded game, then mods marked as permanent audiovisual,
      * and lastly Unciv's own assets/sounds. Will fail silently if the sound file cannot be found.
      *