diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/DrawableComment.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/DrawableComment.cs
index 3e9c6a5eca..d1cae6592a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/DrawableComment.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Comments/DrawableComment.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Comments
 {
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ public DrawableComment(Comment comment)
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
                         AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Y,
-                        Padding = new MarginPadding(margin),
+                        Padding = new MarginPadding(margin) { Left = margin + 5 },
                         Child = content = new GridContainer
                         {
                             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
@@ -336,10 +340,15 @@ private string getParentMessage()
             }
         }
 
-        private class VotePill : CircularContainer
+        private class VotePill : Container, IHasAccentColour
         {
+            public Color4 AccentColour { get; set; }
+
             private readonly Box background;
+            private readonly Box hoverLayer;
             private readonly Comment comment;
+            private readonly CircularContainer borderContainer;
+            private readonly SpriteText sideNumber;
 
             public VotePill(Comment comment)
             {
@@ -347,12 +356,24 @@ public VotePill(Comment comment)
 
                 AutoSizeAxes = Axes.X;
                 Height = 20;
-                Masking = true;
                 Children = new Drawable[]
                 {
-                    background = new Box
+                    borderContainer = new CircularContainer
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Masking = true,
+                        Children = new Drawable[]
+                        {
+                            background = new Box
+                            {
+                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
+                            },
+                            hoverLayer = new Box
+                            {
+                                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                Alpha = 0
+                            }
+                        }
                     },
                     new OsuSpriteText
                     {
@@ -361,14 +382,49 @@ public VotePill(Comment comment)
                         Margin = new MarginPadding { Horizontal = margin },
                         Font = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 14),
                         Text = $"+{comment.VotesCount}"
-                    }
+                    },
+                    sideNumber = new SpriteText
+                    {
+                        Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                        Origin = Anchor.CentreRight,
+                        Text = "+1",
+                        Font = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 14),
+                        Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 3 },
+                        Alpha = 0,
+                    },
+                    new HoverClickSounds(),
                 };
             }
 
             [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
             private void load(OsuColour colours)
             {
-                background.Colour = comment.IsVoted ? colours.GreenLight : OsuColour.Gray(0.05f);
+                AccentColour = borderContainer.BorderColour = sideNumber.Colour = colours.GreenLight;
+                background.Colour = comment.IsVoted ? AccentColour : OsuColour.Gray(0.05f);
+                hoverLayer.Colour = Color4.Black.Opacity(0.5f);
+            }
+
+            protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
+            {
+                if (comment.IsVoted)
+                    hoverLayer.Show();
+                else
+                    sideNumber.Show();
+
+                borderContainer.BorderThickness = 3;
+                return base.OnHover(e);
+            }
+
+            protected override void OnHoverLost(HoverLostEvent e)
+            {
+                base.OnHoverLost(e);
+
+                if (comment.IsVoted)
+                    hoverLayer.Hide();
+                else
+                    sideNumber.Hide();
+
+                borderContainer.BorderThickness = 0;
             }
         }
     }