diff --git a/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Player.cs b/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Player.cs
index 50a93009d0..d785878d45 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Player.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Player.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Content.Server.Database;
 using Content.Server.Players;
 using Content.Shared.GameTicking;
 using Content.Shared.GameWindow;
@@ -14,13 +15,14 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameTicking
     public sealed partial class GameTicker
     {
         [Dependency] private readonly IPlayerManager _playerManager = default!;
+        [Dependency] private readonly IServerDbManager _dbManager = default!;
 
         private void InitializePlayer()
         {
             _playerManager.PlayerStatusChanged += PlayerStatusChanged;
         }
 
-        private void PlayerStatusChanged(object? sender, SessionStatusEventArgs args)
+        private async void PlayerStatusChanged(object? sender, SessionStatusEventArgs args)
         {
             var session = args.Session;
 
@@ -38,7 +40,13 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameTicking
                     // timer time must be > tick length
                     Timer.Spawn(0, args.Session.JoinGame);
 
-                    _chatManager.SendAdminAnnouncement(Loc.GetString("player-join-message", ("name", args.Session.Name)));
+                    var record = await _dbManager.GetPlayerRecordByUserId(args.Session.UserId);
+                    var firstConnection = record != null &&
+                                          Math.Abs((record.FirstSeenTime - record.LastSeenTime).TotalMinutes) < 1;
+
+                    _chatManager.SendAdminAnnouncement(firstConnection
+                        ? Loc.GetString("player-first-join-message", ("name", args.Session.Name))
+                        : Loc.GetString("player-join-message", ("name", args.Session.Name)));
 
                     if (LobbyEnabled && _roundStartCountdownHasNotStartedYetDueToNoPlayers)
                     {
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/game-ticking/game-ticker.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/game-ticking/game-ticker.ftl
index 666317e54e..0a6fceb89e 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/game-ticking/game-ticker.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/game-ticking/game-ticker.ftl
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ game-ticker-no-map-selected = [color=yellow]Map not yet selected![/color]
 game-ticker-player-no-jobs-available-when-joining = When attempting to join to the game, no jobs were available.
 
 # Displayed in chat to admins when a player joins
-player-join-message = Player {$name} joined the server!
+player-join-message = Player {$name} joined.
+player-first-join-message = Player {$name} joined for the first time.
 
 # Displayed in chat to admins when a player leaves
-player-leave-message = Player {$name} left the server!
+player-leave-message = Player {$name} left.
 
 latejoin-arrival-announcement = {$character} ({$job}) has arrived at the station!
 latejoin-arrival-sender = Station