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* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylights''' survivor Vittorio has the unique perk Quick Gambit. Due to the game's multiplayer focus, a character equipped with Quick Gambit is providing the benefit to the other survivors; when said character is being chased by the Killer, anyone repairing a generator near the chase gets a bonus applied to their repair speed, which also means that the Killer won't be far from a new target if they decide to disengage.

This is about a specific radius where the game gives you some benefits like points/filling a certain gauge if you can keep lethal things near your hitbox but not quite where they hit you. It's most commonly seen in ShootEmUp and especially BulletHell games, where it's called grazing or scraping. This can be a utilization of HitboxDissonance, but it doesn't have to involve it. This trope tends to become a necessity for ArbitraryWeaponRange and SpreadShot weapons, with it being a disadvantage for the former and the effective way to maximise damage on one foe for the latter. The game frequently adds a visual effect or a sound to indicate that you're successfully pulling this risky maneuver off. Naturally, one of the HardModePerks involving this mechanic means that more bullets also means more grazing and more opportunities to reap this trope's benefits.

* ''VideoGame/DinoRun'': The game awards you points for "surfing the doomwall" (staying inside the AdvancingWallOfDoom while it's onscreen).

* ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'' uses this version, awarding bonus experience for it.

* ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}} DX'' has the graze bonus, despite being a non-Bullet Hell shooter with a ship-sized hitbox released in 1994.
* ''VideoGame/RaidenFighters'' brings the hitboxes closer to Bullet Hell-size, with the Slave having the smallest. However, if you're using the Judge Spear version of the Slave (which has the Judge Spear's game-breaking bomb), your movement speed becomes so fast that grazing becomes dangerous and impractical.
* ''Raiden IV'' also downsizes the hitbox, to accomodate the denser enemy fire, and also has a grazing bonus.

** The IKA, PSY, and GW modes imitate the mechanics of Ikaruga, Pysvariar, and Giga Wing respectively - IKA allows you to graze opposite-polarity bullets while absorbing the same-polarity ones and shooting them back at the boss as lasers, PSY lets you spin your ship and graze bullets to charge a power bar that gives you a boost whenever it fills, and GW lets you charge up a barrier to cancel out bullets.

** In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012'', while nitrous gets refilled automatically, driving in the opposite lane of traffic and nearly hitting oncoming cars recharges your nitrous faster.

This is about a specific radius where the game gives you some benefits like points/filling a certain gauge if you can keep lethal things near your hitbox but not quite where they hit you. It's most commonly seen in ShootEmUp and especially BulletHell games, where it's called grazing or scraping. This can be a utilization of HitboxDissonance, but it doesn't have to involve it. This trope tends to become a necessity for ArbitraryMaximumRange and SpreadShot weapons, with it being a disadvantage for the former and the effective way to maximise damage on one foe for the latter. The game frequently adds a visual effect or a sound to indicate that you're successfully pulling this risky maneuver off. Naturally, one of the HardModePerks involving this mechanic means that more bullets also means more grazing and more opportunities to reap this trope's benefits.

This is about a specific radius where the game gives you some benefits like points/filling a certain gauge if you can keep lethal things near your hitbox but not quite where they hit you. It's most commonly seen in ShootEmUp and especially BulletHell games, where it's called grazing or scraping. This can be a utilization of HitboxDissonance, but it doesn't have to involve it. This trope tends to become a necessity for ArbitraryMaximumRange and SpreadShot weapons, with it being a disadvantage for the former and the effective way to maximise damage on one foe for the latter. The game frequently adds a visual effect or a sound to indicate that you're successfully pulling this risky maneuver off.

* Most ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' games starting from ''VideoGame/TouhouGensokyoLotusLandStory'' have a graze mechanic accompanied by a sharp pop/crackle sound and small white particles flying off from the hitbox area. ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'' increases the value of bullet cancels instead, as well as giving a raw score bonus at the end of every stage. Later games would increase the value of point items.

** In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted'' (2012), while nitrous gets refilled automatically, driving in the opposite lane of traffic and nearly hitting oncoming cars recharges your nitrous faster.

* In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted'' driving in the opposite lane of traffic and nearly hitting oncoming cars recharges your nitrous faster.
* In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground2'' drifting closer to walls awards more points, at the risk of colliding and losing your points altogether.
* In ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' Near Misses award extra points/multipliers.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'': During flight sections, Pit will enter a gliding stance if the player stops shooting, which improves his mobility and makes it easier to avoid projectiles. In this state, bullets that get really close to Pit's sprite produce a special sound effect that, if triggered a certain number of times, will unlock rewards for the player.

* ''VideoGame/RRootage'': As your ship grazes a bullet, the graze meter in the bottom-right corner fills up. When it's full, the ship becomes invincible for a while.

This is about a specific radius where the game gives you some benefits like points/filling a certain gauge if you can keep lethal things near your hitbox but not quite where they hit you. It's most commonly seen in ShootEmUp and especially BulletHell games, where it's called grazing or scraping. This can be a ulitilisation of HitboxDissonance, but it doesn't have to involve it. This trope tends to become a necessity for ArbitraryMaximumRange and SpreadShot weapons, with it being a disadvantage for the former and the effective way to maximise damage on one foe for the latter. The game frequently adds a visual effect or a sound to indicate that you're successfully pulling this risky maneuver off.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' gives you Tension Points, which can be used for spells, when the SOUL comes close to bullets.

* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', one way to gain the [[FameGate street cred needed to unlock story missions]] is to cause almost-collisions while driving at high speeds (i.e. barely missing another car or a building), as well as near-crashes while flying a plane. The closer you come to an obstacle before missing it, the more rep points you get.

* ''VideoGame/SistersRoyale'': Each sister's regular shot that can be temporarily strengthened via grazing bullets as well as a familiar which can grant them bonus points once they graze past enough bullets while used.

* ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' fills Tension Points which can be used for spells when the SOUL comes close to bullets.

* ''VideoGame/SistersRoyale'': Each's regular shot that can be temporarily strengthened via grazing bullets as well as a familiar which can grant them bonus points once they graze past enough bullets while used.

TLP Note: This seems like a distinct concept that should have its own page. Administrivia/RollingUpdates.
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