The action of the film takes place in 2045, the world plunges into chaos and is on the brink of collapse. People seek salvation in the game OASIS - a vast virtual reality universe. Its creator, the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday, leaves a unique will. All his colossal fortune will go to the player who first discovers the digital Easter egg that the billionaire has hidden somewhere within OASIS. The quest he launches spans the world. A completely unheroic guy named Wade Watts decides to participate in the contest, diving headlong into a dizzying, reality-bending pursuit of treasure through a fantastical universe full of puzzles, discoveries, and dangers.