"Gervason's Grocery" contains a video rental machine called the "Video Commander", in reference to the protagonist of the Bit.Trip game series.

The inspiration for the game's controls came from the difficult controls of Jurassic Park: Trespasser.

A board game called "Sturgeon Simulator" can be found in the "Gervason's Grocery" level. This is a reference to the game Surgeon Simulator 2013.

In the "Gervason's Grocery" level there is a food product called "Pewdie Pie", a reference to YouTuber PewDiePie.

In the supermarket level is a display for a product called "Mintcraft". This is a parody of the game Minecraft.

The kid's play area of the supermarket level contains a series of posters.

• The first poster, VGCW (Virtuous Gentleman Championship Wrestling) is a reference to Video Game Championship Wrestling, a web series using custom characters in wrestling games to enact a story.

• The second poster, Stanley's Pair O' Bowls, is a reference to The Stanley Parable.

• The third poster is a reference to QWOP, a flash game where the player must control a runner's legs using the Q, W, O, and P keys on the keyboard.