In May 2024 VMware by Broadcom announced that their personal virtualization software is now available for free for personal use. This is for VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.
VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use
Because these are now available for free the previous free to use software Player for both Windows and MacOS is now no longer available.
The free use policy is fo those that are not using the software for work / commercial purposes.