diff --git a/Makefile.vita b/Makefile.vita
index 24a4a9dd1bf..6b2be96c063 100644
--- a/Makefile.vita
+++ b/Makefile.vita
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ###########################################################################
 #   fheroes2: https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2                           #
-#   Copyright (C) 2021 - 2023                                             #
+#   Copyright (C) 2021 - 2024                                             #
 #                                                                         #
 #   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  #
 #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  #
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MAKE := make
 
 PROJECT_TITLE := fheroes2
 PROJECT_TITLEID := FHOMM0002
+PROJECT_VERSION := $(file < version.txt)
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(TARGET).vpk param.sfo $(TARGET).elf translations
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ eboot.bin: $(TARGET).velf
 	vita-make-fself $(TARGET).velf eboot.bin
 
 param.sfo:
-	vita-mksfoex -s TITLE_ID="$(PROJECT_TITLEID)" "$(PROJECT_TITLE)" param.sfo
+	vita-mksfoex -s TITLE_ID="$(PROJECT_TITLEID)" -s APP_VER="$(PROJECT_VERSION)" "$(PROJECT_TITLE)" param.sfo
 
 $(TARGET).velf: $(TARGET).elf
 	arm-vita-eabi-strip -g $<
diff --git a/src/engine/dir.cpp b/src/engine/dir.cpp
index ba7ed8ab4a7..27337dc02b3 100644
--- a/src/engine/dir.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/dir.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@
 
 #include "dir.h"
 
+#include <utility>
+
+#if defined( TARGET_PS_VITA )
+#include <psp2/io/dirent.h>
+#else
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <system_error>
-#include <utility>
+#endif
 
 #if defined( _WIN32 )
 #include <cstring>
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@ namespace
         return ( strCmp( filenamePtr, filter.c_str() ) == 0 );
     }
 
-    void getFilesFromDirectory( const std::string_view path, const std::string & filter, const bool needExactMatch, ListFiles & files )
+    void getFilesFromDirectory( const std::string & path, const std::string & filter, const bool needExactMatch, ListFiles & files )
     {
         std::string correctedPath;
         if ( !System::GetCaseInsensitivePath( path, correctedPath ) ) {
@@ -70,6 +75,62 @@ namespace
         auto * const strCmp = strcasecmp;
 #endif
 
+#if defined( TARGET_PS_VITA )
+        // On PS Vita, getting a list of files using std::filesystem for some reason works much slower than using the native file system API
+        class SceUIDWrapper
+        {
+        public:
+            SceUIDWrapper( const std::string & path )
+                : uid( sceIoDopen( path.c_str() ) )
+            {}
+
+            SceUIDWrapper( const SceUIDWrapper & ) = delete;
+
+            ~SceUIDWrapper()
+            {
+                if ( !isValid() ) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                sceIoDclose( uid );
+            }
+
+            SceUIDWrapper & operator=( const SceUIDWrapper & ) = delete;
+
+            bool isValid() const
+            {
+                return uid >= 0;
+            }
+
+            SceUID get() const
+            {
+                return uid;
+            }
+
+        private:
+            const SceUID uid;
+        };
+
+        const SceUIDWrapper uid( path );
+        if ( !uid.isValid() ) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        SceIoDirent entry;
+
+        while ( sceIoDread( uid.get(), &entry ) > 0 ) {
+            // Ensure that this directory entry is a regular file
+            if ( !SCE_S_ISREG( entry.d_stat.st_mode ) ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ( !nameFilter( entry.d_name, needExactMatch, filter, strCmp ) ) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            files.emplace_back( System::concatPath( path, entry.d_name ) );
+        }
+#else
         std::error_code ec;
 
         // Using the non-throwing overload
@@ -87,6 +148,7 @@ namespace
 
             files.emplace_back( System::fsPathToString( entryPath ) );
         }
+#endif
     }
 }
 
@@ -97,17 +159,30 @@ void ListFiles::Append( ListFiles && files )
     }
 }
 
-void ListFiles::ReadDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string & filter )
+void ListFiles::ReadDir( const std::string & path, const std::string & filter )
 {
     getFilesFromDirectory( path, filter, false, *this );
 }
 
-void ListFiles::FindFileInDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string & fileName )
+void ListFiles::FindFileInDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string_view fileName )
 {
-    getFilesFromDirectory( path, fileName, true, *this );
+    std::string correctedFilePath;
+    // If the file system is case-sensitive, then here we will get the actual file path using the case-insensitive
+    // search (if such a file exists). If the file system is case-insensitive, we will just get the passed path to
+    // the file back intact.
+    if ( !System::GetCaseInsensitivePath( System::concatPath( path, fileName ), correctedFilePath ) ) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // In case the file system is case-insensitive, we additionally check the file for existence.
+    if ( !System::IsFile( correctedFilePath ) ) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    emplace_back( std::move( correctedFilePath ) );
 }
 
-bool ListFiles::IsEmpty( const std::string_view path, const std::string & filter )
+bool ListFiles::IsEmpty( const std::string & path, const std::string & filter )
 {
     ListFiles list;
     list.ReadDir( path, filter );
diff --git a/src/engine/dir.h b/src/engine/dir.h
index 4ec343dec18..bc268f3a737 100644
--- a/src/engine/dir.h
+++ b/src/engine/dir.h
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ struct ListFiles : public std::list<std::string>
     void Append( ListFiles && files );
 
     // Adds files from the 'path' directory ending in 'filter' to the list, case-insensitive.
-    void ReadDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string & filter );
+    void ReadDir( const std::string & path, const std::string & filter );
 
-    // Adds files from the 'path' directory with names matching 'fileName' to the list, case-insensitive.
-    void FindFileInDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string & fileName );
+    // Adds the first found file from the 'path' directory with a name matching 'fileName' to the list, case-insensitive.
+    void FindFileInDir( const std::string_view path, const std::string_view fileName );
 
     // Returns true if there are no files in the 'path' directory with names ending in 'filter', case-insensitive, otherwise returns false.
-    static bool IsEmpty( const std::string_view path, const std::string & filter );
+    static bool IsEmpty( const std::string & path, const std::string & filter );
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/engine/system.cpp b/src/engine/system.cpp
index 9ad035a6e0e..5cc24979b00 100644
--- a/src/engine/system.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/system.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #endif
 
-#if !defined( _WIN32 ) && !defined( ANDROID )
+#if !defined( _WIN32 ) && !defined( ANDROID ) && !defined( TARGET_PS_VITA )
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <strings.h>
 #endif
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ bool System::IsDirectory( const std::string_view path )
 
 bool System::GetCaseInsensitivePath( const std::string_view path, std::string & correctedPath )
 {
-#if !defined( _WIN32 ) && !defined( ANDROID )
+#if !defined( _WIN32 ) && !defined( ANDROID ) && !defined( TARGET_PS_VITA )
     // The following code is based on https://github.com/OneSadCookie/fcaseopen and assumes the use of POSIX IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 pathnames
     correctedPath.clear();