- Mild
- A race near the beginning of the movie feels/presents itself as intense. Cars are seen crashing and a dinosaur smashes cars as well as King Kong
- There is also shots of Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger also a scene where they use a Chucky doll to kill some bad guys.
- Mechagodzilla is seen killing players. (No blood is shown)
- Acting on a clue he discovered from careful research on OASIS co-creator, James Halladay, a character makes a dangerous counter-intuitive move at the beginning of a car race and goes into a high-speed reverse. For a few seconds, it appears he is going to crash into the back wall of the track, only for a hidden downward ramp to suddenly appear to allow the car to continue racing in reverse underneath the main track and win the race.
- Some brief perilous moments may be intense for a younger audience, these occur more frequently as the movie progresses.
- The impoverished real world outside of the virtual world may seem distressful or depressing to some, as well as a couple characters storys of losing their family.
- Scenes from "The Shining" appear in this movie, such as a bloody elevator spilling out, a woman turning into a zombie (up close), and a chase through a maze with previously said zombie trying to hit you with an axe. Other zombies also appear in a following scene, but more comical gory than scary gory
- In the safety of the virtual reality world, the friends encounter characters and settings from real world horror films. They enter a simulation of THE SHINING where they are threatened by ghosts, zombies and gigantic axes and where a player is swept away on a torrent of blood. Freddy Krueger and a Chucky doll, armed with a knife, both fight in battle sequences. Players are chased by King Kong and a T. rex
- Iconic horror killers are seen as avatars for players.Chucky, Freddy Krueger, Jason and Xenomorph Chestburster are all seen.There is also a scene based off The Shining with the room 237 scene and the blood elevator.Another scene shows characters from Mortal Kombat, Halo, and other 16+ rated games as avatars available.
- Parzival is attacked by King Kong, Mechagodzilla and Rexy(Jurassic Park) however the latter is a reference to another Spielberg film. Horror characters are seen a lot too.