A sequel, Bernd and the Curse of the Oberhöhenstein Tunnel , was announced in 2007. A demo was released—featuring a puzzle involving a malfunctioning ticket vending machine and a philosophical debate with a badger—but the full game never materialized. Developer Pixelkänguru disappeared from the internet in 2009. Their website now redirects to a blank page with a single GIF of a rotating pretzel.

Enter Bernd and the Mystery of Unteralterbach .

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In an era of hyper-realistic 4K open-world games with hundreds of hours of content, the appeal of a clunky, unfair, 256-color German adventure game seems paradoxical. Yet, Bernd and the Mystery of Unteralterbach endures because it offers something that modern games rarely dare to provide: genuine mystery.