diff --git a/app/Platform/Services/GameSuggestions/Strategies/CommonPlayersStrategy.php b/app/Platform/Services/GameSuggestions/Strategies/CommonPlayersStrategy.php
index a8aeae3296..25090f6791 100644
--- a/app/Platform/Services/GameSuggestions/Strategies/CommonPlayersStrategy.php
+++ b/app/Platform/Services/GameSuggestions/Strategies/CommonPlayersStrategy.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use App\Platform\Data\GameSuggestionContextData;
 use App\Platform\Enums\GameSuggestionReason;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class CommonPlayersStrategy implements GameSuggestionStrategy
 {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ public function select(): ?Game
             ->whereAllAchievementsUnlocked()
             ->where('achievements_total', '>', 0)
             ->where('game_id', '!=', $this->sourceGame->id)
-            ->whereNull('deleted_at')
+            ->withTrashed()
             ->groupBy('game_id')
             ->orderByRaw('COUNT(*) DESC')
             ->limit(10)
@@ -76,44 +75,14 @@ public function reasonContext(): ?GameSuggestionContextData
      * @return Collection<int, int>
      */
     private function getMasterUserIds(): Collection
-    {
-        $connection = DB::connection()->getDriverName();
-
-        return match ($connection) {
-            'sqlite' => $this->getMasterUserIdsSQLite(),
-            default => $this->getMasterUserIdsMariaDB(),
-        };
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return Collection<int, int>
-     */
-    private function getMasterUserIdsMariaDB(): Collection
     {
         // Use the optimized index hint for MariaDB.
         // This is unfortunately not supported by SQLite.
-        return PlayerGame::from(DB::raw('`player_games` FORCE INDEX (player_games_completion_sample_idx)'))
-            ->where('game_id', $this->sourceGame->id)
-            ->where('user_id', '!=', $this->user->id)
-            ->whereAllAchievementsUnlocked()
-            ->whereNull('deleted_at')
-            ->whereRaw('id % 100 < 5')
-            ->limit(5)
-            ->pluck('user_id');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @return Collection<int, int>
-     */
-    private function getMasterUserIdsSQLite(): Collection
-    {
-        // For SQLite, we'll use a different approach to get a stable random sample.
-        // We use the rowid (which SQLite automatically provides) for sampling.
         return PlayerGame::where('game_id', $this->sourceGame->id)
             ->where('user_id', '!=', $this->user->id)
             ->whereAllAchievementsUnlocked()
-            ->whereNull('deleted_at')
-            ->orderByRaw('rowid % 100')
+            ->withTrashed()
+            ->whereRaw('id % 100 < 5')
             ->limit(5)
             ->pluck('user_id');
     }
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_01_25_000000_update_player_games_table.php b/database/migrations/2025_01_25_000000_update_player_games_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9b60af5e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_01_25_000000_update_player_games_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class() extends Migration {
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('player_games', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropIndex('player_games_completion_sample_idx');
+
+            $table->index([
+                'user_id',
+                'achievements_unlocked',
+                'achievements_total',
+                'game_id',
+            ], 'player_games_suggestions_index'); // custom name needed because the auto-generated one is too long
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('player_games', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropIndex('player_games_suggestions_index');
+
+            $table->index(
+                [
+                    'game_id',
+                    'achievements_unlocked',
+                    'achievements_total',
+                    'user_id',
+                    'id',
+                ],
+                'player_games_completion_sample_idx' // custom name needed because the auto-generated one is too long
+            );
+        });
+    }
+};