A bank teller, who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story, one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way, before it is too late.

Video game villain Wreck-It Ralph wants to be a hero, bringing havoc to all the other games in the arcade in his search of redemption.