diff --git a/src/hooks/useGames.ts b/src/hooks/useGames.ts
index 6e49003..b6397ba 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useGames.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useGames.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import { Game } from 'types'
 import { log, LogType } from 'utils'
 import gameFiles from '../utils/games'
 
+let cachedGamesData: Game[] | null = null
+
 export const useGames = () => {
   const hasProcessedFiles = useRef(false)
-  const [games, setGames] = useState<Game[]>([])
+  const [games, setGames] = useState<Game[]>(cachedGamesData || [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (cachedGamesData) return
     if (hasProcessedFiles.current) return
 
     hasProcessedFiles.current = true
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ export const useGames = () => {
         })
 
         await Promise.all(promises)
+        cachedGamesData = uniqueGames
         setGames(uniqueGames)
       } catch (err) {
         log(
diff --git a/src/pages/blogs/index.tsx b/src/pages/blogs/index.tsx
index d4b4fab..64815d7 100644
--- a/src/pages/blogs/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/blogs/index.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import '../../styles/pagination.css'
 import '../../styles/search.css'
 import '../../styles/styles.css'
 import { PaginationWithPageNumbers } from 'components/Pagination'
-import { scrollIntoView } from 'utils'
+import { normalizeSearchString, scrollIntoView } from 'utils'
 import { LoadingSpinner } from 'components/LoadingSpinner'
 import { Filter } from 'components/Filters'
 import { Dropdown } from 'components/Filters/Dropdown'
@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ export const BlogsPage = () => {
     }
 
     let filtered = blogs?.filter(filterNsfwFn) || []
-    const lowerCaseSearchTerm = searchTerm.toLowerCase()
+    const normalizedSearchTerm = normalizeSearchString(searchTerm)
 
-    if (searchTerm !== '') {
+    if (normalizedSearchTerm !== '') {
       const filterSearchTermFn = (blog: Partial<BlogCardDetails>) =>
-        (blog.title || '').toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
-        (blog.summary || '').toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
-        (blog.content || '').toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
+        normalizeSearchString(blog.title || '').includes(
+          normalizedSearchTerm
+        ) ||
+        (blog.summary || '').toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
+        (blog.content || '').toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
         (blog.tTags || []).findIndex((tag) =>
-          tag.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm)
+          tag.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm)
         ) > -1
       filtered = filtered.filter(filterSearchTermFn)
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/search.tsx b/src/pages/search.tsx
index b294ce9..018e2fb 100644
--- a/src/pages/search.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/search.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_FILTER_OPTIONS,
   extractModData,
   isModDataComplete,
+  memoizedNormalizeSearchString,
+  normalizeSearchString,
+  normalizeUserSearchString,
   scrollIntoView
 } from 'utils'
 import { useCuratedSet } from 'hooks/useCuratedSet'
@@ -293,18 +296,17 @@ const ModsResult = ({
   }, [searchTerm])
 
   const filteredMods = useMemo(() => {
+    const normalizedSearchTerm = normalizeSearchString(searchTerm)
     // Search page requires search term
-    if (searchTerm === '') return []
-
-    const lowerCaseSearchTerm = searchTerm.toLowerCase()
+    if (normalizedSearchTerm === '') return []
 
     const filterFn = (mod: ModDetails) =>
-      mod.title.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
-      mod.game.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
-      mod.summary.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
-      mod.body.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm) ||
+      normalizeSearchString(mod.title).includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
+      memoizedNormalizeSearchString(mod.game).includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
+      mod.summary.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
+      mod.body.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm) ||
       mod.tags.findIndex((tag) =>
-        tag.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm)
+        tag.toLowerCase().includes(normalizedSearchTerm)
       ) > -1
 
     const filterSourceFn = (mod: ModDetails) => {
@@ -377,13 +379,14 @@ const UsersResult = ({
   const userState = useAppSelector((state) => state.user)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (searchTerm === '') {
+    const normalizedSearchTerm = normalizeUserSearchString(searchTerm)
+    if (normalizedSearchTerm === '') {
       setProfiles([])
     } else {
       const sub = ndk.subscribe(
         {
           kinds: [NDKKind.Metadata],
-          search: searchTerm
+          search: normalizedSearchTerm
         },
         {
           closeOnEose: true,
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@ const UsersResult = ({
 
       // Stop the sub after 10 seconds if we are still searching the same term as before
       window.setTimeout(() => {
-        if (sub.filter.search === searchTerm) {
+        if (sub.filter.search === normalizedSearchTerm) {
           sub.stop()
         }
       }, 10000)
@@ -500,12 +503,13 @@ const GamesResult = ({ searchTerm }: GamesResultProps) => {
   }, [searchTerm])
 
   const filteredGames = useMemo(() => {
-    if (searchTerm === '') return []
-
-    const lowerCaseSearchTerm = searchTerm.toLowerCase()
+    const normalizedSearchTerm = normalizeSearchString(searchTerm)
+    if (normalizedSearchTerm === '') return []
 
     return games.filter((game) =>
-      game['Game Name'].toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseSearchTerm)
+      memoizedNormalizeSearchString(game['Game Name']).includes(
+        normalizedSearchTerm
+      )
     )
   }, [searchTerm, games])
 
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 7cc8a73..5f75773 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -198,3 +198,78 @@ export function adjustTextareaHeight(textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement) {
   textarea.style.height = 'auto'
   textarea.style.height = `${textarea.scrollHeight}px`
 }
+
+// Normalizing search terms
+const removeAccents = (str: string): string => {
+  return str.normalize('NFD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
+}
+
+const removeSpecialCharacters = (str: string): string => {
+  return str.replace(/[.,/#!$%^&*;:{}=\-_`~()&\s]/g, '')
+}
+
+// Replace Roman numerals with their Arabic counterparts
+const ROMAN_TO_ARABIC_MAP: { [key: string]: string } = {
+  i: '1',
+  ii: '2',
+  iii: '3',
+  iv: '4',
+  v: '5',
+  vi: '6',
+  vii: '7',
+  viii: '8',
+  ix: '9',
+  x: '10',
+  xi: '11',
+  xii: '12',
+  xiii: '13',
+  xiv: '14',
+  xv: '15',
+  xvi: '16',
+  xvii: '17',
+  xviii: '18',
+  xix: '19',
+  xx: '20'
+}
+
+const romanRegex = new RegExp(
+  `\\b(${Object.keys(ROMAN_TO_ARABIC_MAP).join('|')})\\b`,
+  'g'
+)
+
+export const normalizeSearchString = (str: string): string => {
+  str = str.trim()
+  str = str.toLowerCase()
+  str = str.replace(romanRegex, (match) => ROMAN_TO_ARABIC_MAP[match])
+  str = removeAccents(str)
+  str = removeSpecialCharacters(str)
+  return str
+}
+
+// Memoization function to cache normalized results
+const memoizeNormalize = (func: (str: string) => string) => {
+  const cache: { [key: string]: string } = {}
+  return (str: string): string => {
+    if (cache[str] !== undefined) {
+      return cache[str]
+    }
+    const result = func(str)
+    cache[str] = result
+    return result
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Memoize normalized search strings
+ * Should only be used for games (large list)
+ */
+export const memoizedNormalizeSearchString = memoizeNormalize(
+  normalizeSearchString
+)
+
+export const normalizeUserSearchString = (str: string): string => {
+  str = str.trim()
+  str = str.toLowerCase()
+  str = removeAccents(str)
+  return str
+}