SimCity is a single-player game. The object is to build a city, but there are no specific goals to achieve (except in the scenarios, which require the player to achieve a certain population or bank balance in a given period of time). The player can mark land as commercial, industrial, or residential, add buildings, change the tax rate, enact city ordinances, connect to neighbouring cities, build a power grid, build transportation systems and many other actions, in order to change the city. Also the Player faces Catastrophes: Flooding, Tornadoes, Fires....