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this is way out there but the world of the board game Earthborne Rangers is a post-apocalyptic setting where the last effort of the old high-tech civilisation was to pour all their resources into building giant machines to re-wild the planet. when civilisation collapsed, the machines continued cleaning the water and the air, purifying the poisoned soil, planting trees and plants, breeding native animals and insects, filling mines, and so on. meanwhile, the last of humanity banded together to live in harmony with nature, getting their needs from careful stewarding rather than extraction.
it's still a dangerous post-apocalypse, because some species were irreversibly changed by the collapse, so in addition to wolf packs and horny moose you can encounter giant mutated plants or armoured eagles, or find old overgrown ruins with dangerous terrain.
even if you're not into board games, there's a beautiful art/lorebook of the world. it appears to be sold out at the moment though.