diff --git a/src/clew/clew.py b/src/clew/clew.py
index 1cb8953..36924d4 100644
--- a/src/clew/clew.py
+++ b/src/clew/clew.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def extract_archive(archive: Path, destination: Path) -> None:
         extract_rpa(handle, output_dir=str(destination))
 
 
-def extract_game_files(game_root: Path, output_path: Path) -> None:
+def extract_game_files(game_root: Path, output_path: Path, overwrite: bool) -> None:
     queue = deque(game_root.iterdir())
 
     while queue:
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ def extract_game_files(game_root: Path, output_path: Path) -> None:
             destination.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             queue.extend(item.iterdir())
         elif item.is_file() and item.suffix.lower() == ".rpa":
-            extract_archive(item, destination.with_suffix(""))
+            archive_output = destination.with_suffix("")
+            if archive_output.is_dir() and not overwrite:
+                LOG.info(f"skipping existing archive extraction: {archive_output}")
+                continue
+            extract_archive(item, archive_output)
         elif item.is_file():
             destination.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             shutil.copy2(item, destination)
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         raise SystemExit(2)
 
     extracted = get_output_directory(output_root, "extracted")
-    extract_game_files(game_root, extracted)
+    extract_game_files(game_root, extracted, args.overwrite)
 
     if not args.no_extract_renpy_ast:
         ast = get_output_directory(output_root, "ast")