Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon continues the story of the adventures of Roger Wilco. The plot begins where the narrative of the second part ended. The sequel ended with the space cleaner evacuating the base on a shuttle before it exploded. The hero then lay down in a suspended animation chamber and fell asleep, awaiting rescue. As a result, the escape capsule fell into the path of an automated garbage freighter. On this garbage collector, the protagonist wakes up and is given the task of repairing the starship Aluminum Duck. After this, he goes to explore different places and during his travels he discovers the conspiracy of the ScumSoft company.

This is an old school quest. In Space Quest III, the hero is controlled using the keyboard and mouse. You can manually enter text commands to perform various actions. You need to type verbs in the imperative mood. For example: look around, take it, and so on. In the threequel, the developers improved the text analyzer. The third part retained the best advantages of its two predecessors and added more freedom. In the game you can travel on a starship between different points of interest. However, this option is not immediately available. In addition to solving riddles, sometimes you need to participate in mini-games. The title is full of references and parodies of cult films from the last century. And everything that happens on the screen resembles a humorous comic book.