diff --git a/include/rendering/minimap.hpp b/include/rendering/minimap.hpp
index ca7c5345..906f4666 100644
--- a/include/rendering/minimap.hpp
+++ b/include/rendering/minimap.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <deque>
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace wowee {
@@ -73,7 +74,10 @@ private:
     bool trsParsed = false;
 
     // Tile texture cache: hash → VkTexture
+    // Evicted (FIFO) when the count of successfully-loaded tiles exceeds MAX_TILE_CACHE.
+    static constexpr size_t MAX_TILE_CACHE = 128;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<VkTexture>> tileTextureCache;
+    std::deque<std::string> tileInsertionOrder;  // hashes of successfully loaded tiles, oldest first
     std::unique_ptr<VkTexture> noDataTexture;
 
     // Composite render target (3x3 tiles = 768x768)
diff --git a/src/rendering/minimap.cpp b/src/rendering/minimap.cpp
index f47264d0..cce494d9 100644
--- a/src/rendering/minimap.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/minimap.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ void Minimap::shutdown() {
         if (tex) tex->destroy(device, alloc);
     }
     tileTextureCache.clear();
+    tileInsertionOrder.clear();
 
     if (noDataTexture) { noDataTexture->destroy(device, alloc); noDataTexture.reset(); }
     if (compositeTarget) { compositeTarget->destroy(device, alloc); compositeTarget.reset(); }
@@ -362,6 +363,15 @@ VkTexture* Minimap::getOrLoadTileTexture(int tileX, int tileY) {
 
     VkTexture* ptr = tex.get();
     tileTextureCache[hash] = std::move(tex);
+    tileInsertionOrder.push_back(hash);
+
+    // Evict oldest tiles when cache grows too large to bound GPU memory usage.
+    while (tileInsertionOrder.size() > MAX_TILE_CACHE) {
+        const std::string& oldest = tileInsertionOrder.front();
+        tileTextureCache.erase(oldest);
+        tileInsertionOrder.pop_front();
+    }
+
     return ptr;
 }