ABSTRAK Latar Belakang : Game online merupakan suatu mainan yang sangat populer di kalangan anak muda. Begitu banyaknya anak muda yang bermain game online sehingga hampir sebagian besar anak muda, merasa bahwa mereka juga harus bisa terlibat dalam game online agar dapat diterima teman sebaya. Game online menjadi sedemikian menarik minat pemain sehingga pemain menjadi senang dan duduk berjam-jam menghabiskan waktu bermain game. Durasi bermain game selama < 3 jam dapat dikatakan normal dan berlebihan jika > 3 jam. Pada penelitian sebelumnya menunjukkan bahwa mereka yang bermain game setelah belajar memiliki short term memory yang lebih buruk dibanding mereka yang setelah belajar membaca buku. Namun, penelitian ini tidak menjelaskan secara khusus untuk Short-term verbal memory pada gamers tersebut. Sehingga peneliti memutuskan untuk mencari hubungan durasi bermain game online dengan short-term verbal memory dengan melakukan tes kemampuan verbal short term memory menggunakan alat digit span test. Tujuan Penelitian : Mengetahui hubungan durasi bermain game online dengan Short term verbal memory pada mahasiswa UPH 2021. Hipotesis Penelitian : Terdapat hubungan antara durasi bermain game online dengan short-term verbal memory. Metode Penelitian : Penelitian ini menggunakan studi analitik potong lintang untuk mengetahui hubungan durasi bermain game online dengan Short- term verbal memory pada Mahasiswa UPH 2021. Kata Kunci : Durasi, game online, short-term verbal memory/ ABSTRACT Background : Online game is very popular among young people. One of the main reason these young people spent their time playing this game is a need for acceptance by their peers. Online game is created in such a way that it becomes very interesting, causing the players to sit for hours and spend their time on this game. The duration of playing games for < 3 hours can be considered normal and excessive if > 3 hours. The prior research showed that those who play online game after study has worse memory than those who read. But this research didn't explain explicitly for short-term verbal memory on those gamers. Therefore the researcher decided to determine a relationship between the duration of playing online game and short-term verbal memory by conducting a short-term memory verbal ability test using the digit span test. Research objectives : To determine the relationship between the duration of playing online games and short-term verbal memory in students of UPH 2021 Research hypotheses : There is a relationship between duration of playing online games and short-term verbal memory Research methods : This research used a cross-sectional analytic study to determine the relationship between playing online game duration and short- term verbal memory in students of UPH 2021. Keywords : Duration, online game, short-term verbal memory